hikaru was born and raised in california, but now lives in tokyo. his major in college was originally computer science, but he soon realized that he'd rather create art, specifically photography (his first photo class was in high school).

'hikaru' is a pseudonym that he has been using for various reasons. if you'd like to know more, please ask.
(clever people may be able to find his real name somewhere on this site).

he is inspired by many things in life: books. friends. music. flowers. trash. strangers. animals. patterns. discoveries. booze. hikaru likes noticing something that he has never noticed before, even though he's seen it hundreds of times. he loves all kinds of art and intellectual stimulation. he likes discussing human psychology and debating philosophy. he likes to read about science and dream about the future. he doesn't use capital letters, for utilitarian and aesthetic reasons.

he is influenced by a few other photographers: ninagawa mika, moriyama daido, david lachapelle, araki nobuyoshi, and many other professional and non-pro artists, as well as his college photo teachers suda house and donna cosentino.

hikaru has some of his personal photos on picasaweb, and drafts of artwork on flickr.

if you have any interest in hikaru's work, or in him personally, he loves meeting new people! please drop him a line any time.

he also has a blog where he posts about updates to this site and other projects:
http://photographsbyhikaru.blogspot.com

thanks to everyone for visiting this site.

--hikaru