Illustrator, Character artist, Multimedia artist

Akinori Oishi was born in Japan 1972, a self-declared “Drawaholic,” who draws huge patterns with his signature AKI SMILE characters every day. “I just want to share my happiness by drawing smiling characters.” He’s an internationally acclaimed and multiple awards winning character artist. His credits include winning the New Talent Competition Award at MILIA 2001 in France, and has been actively involved in the world art & design scenes.