Yoichiro Kawaguchi

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Yoichiro Kawaguchi (河口洋一郎, Kawaguchi Yoichirō, born 1952 in Tanegashima, Kagoshima) is a Japanese computer graphics artist and professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo.

Yoichiro Kawaguchi

Career

Kawaguchi rose to international prominence in 1982 when he presented "Growth Model" in the international conference SIGGRAPH.^[1]

In 2013, Kawaguchi designed Cosmo, a robot that performs keyboards with a laser.^[2] Cosmo was designed to be one of the members of Squarepusher's virtual band Z-Machines, which was created to promote the alcoholic beverage ZIMA. They performed their debut piece on 24 June 2013 in Tokyo, Japan.^[3]

On March 31, 2018, he retired from his post as a professor at the University of Tokyo and received the title of professor emeritus.^[4] In the same year he was appointed president of the Digital Content Association of Japan.^[5]

Honours

Medal with Purple Ribbon (2013)
Person of Cultural Merit (2023)^[6]

References

^ "河口洋一郎（CG アーティスト／東京大学大学院情報学環教授）【日本にフルCG アニメは根付くのか？第16回／2013年11月号】｜INTERVIEW インタビュー｜EE.jp". 最新のCGアニメの現場情報サイト：EE.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ Inc, Natasha. "ロボットバンド「Z-MACHINES」開発者インタビュー (2/3) - 音楽ナタリー特集・インタビュー". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 January 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "Meet Z-Machines, Squarepusher's new robot band". the Guardian. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "河口洋一郎教授定年退職（2018年3月31日） - 東京大学大学院情報学環・学際情報学府". www.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp (in Japanese). 22 March 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "第７回定時評議員会、第１９回理事会、役員等懇話会　開催報告 | 新着情報 | 一般財団法人　デジタルコンテンツ協会". www.dcaj.or.jp. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "塩野七生さんら7人文化勲章功労者に北大路欣也さんら". Jiji Press. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

"Media Arts Meister - Vol.3 河口洋一郎インタビュー" (in Japanese). Japan Media Arts Plaza. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23028961

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