Fujishiro Seiji

Fujishiro Seiji ( Japanese 藤 城 清 治 ; born April 17, 1924 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese silhouette artist. He is known as the inventor of the character Keroyon, a green frog. He comes from Tokyo and now lives there in the Meguro district . He is under contract with the Japanese talent agency Horipro . There are currently (as of November 2017) six permanent exhibitions of his works in Japan.

Awards

• 1989: Medal of Honor on the Violet Ribbon awarded by the Tennō
• 1995: small order of the rising sun with rosette

Web links

• Artist's website (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 藤 城 清 治 プ ロ フ ィ ー ル . Retrieved November 6, 2017 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ 常設 展示 美術館 . Retrieved November 2, 2017 (Japanese). 

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Fujishiro is the family name, Seiji the first name.