Works
Astrophotographs and scientific illustrations I have created
Astrophotography
The Milky Way in the summer night sky
Taken in Ishigaki, Okinawa, in July 2022.
Crescent Moon setting over Iriomote Island
Taken in Ishigaki, Okinawa, in August 2024.
The Harvest Moon rising over Kyoto
Taken in Kyoto in September 2024.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in the evening sky
Taken in Maibara, Shiga, in October 2024.
Parade of seven planets
Taken in Ishigaki, Okinawa, in June 2022.
Featured by the Yaeyama Mainichi Shimbun, the Asahi Shimbun, Jiji Press, TV Asahi and other media.
Perseid meteors in the Summer Triangle
Taken in Ishigaki, Okinawa, in August 2024.
The Milky Way by the sea
Taken in Miyakojima, Okinawa, in September 2012.
Scientific illustration
Artist's impression of a small body in the outer solar system
Created in 2019.
Featured by NHK News, CNN, BBC and other media.
Used as the cover of the monthly magazine Hoshi Navi, June 2020 issue (AstroArts).
Artist's impression of Pluto and its atmosphere
Created in 2020.
Artist's impression of the trans-Neptunian object (50000) Quaoar
Created in 2020.
Featured by the Asahi Shimbun, Kyodo News, Jiji Press and other media.
Artist's impression of the Hayabusa2 spacecraft flying by asteroid (98943) Torifune
Created in 2024.
Featured by the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Nikkei, Kyodo News and other media.
Produced in cooperation with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). (Credit: Ko Arimatsu/JAXA)