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Last updated 18:10 Thu 12 Jun 2008

After finishing a sociology course in Kansai-University,
Akio moved to Tokyo and started to work as an assistant in a photographic studio.

There he learned how to handle all the
equipment and gragually started to work as photographer.

He moved to London in 2002 hoping this would give the content of his work another aspect.

He won the "Re-Creation Award 2004" for Dazed and Confused and since then has gradually established himself with his experimental fashion photography.

His works have now been published in such international creative magazines as i-D, Flux, LetThemEatCake,
SuperSuper, Neo2(spain), Oyster(australia) and Ozon(Greece).

His dedication to his work has also lead him to work for other companies and organizations, such as the Tate Modern, Puma, CocaCola, Visit London,London College of Fashion, Shiseido, Fuji Film, Wacoal, IDEM, OBJ,Prangstar, iWant, a Studio,
tna design studio, and for record companies such as
Victor Entertainment Ltd, Crammed Disc, SpeedStarMusic, Colla Disc.

He also collaborates with musicians to build up their world with using photographic medium, and with the fashion labels like Kim Jones, K45 Design, Ebru Ercon,Heather Blake.

His work is largely influenced by his surroundings and because of that he feels there are three main perspectives to it.

The first being growing up in Kyoto, which he sees as being one of the most traditional city in Asia, then Tokyo, which he feels centers on commercial success, and finally, London, which he sees as one of the most experimental cities in the world.

Using these experiences as his pallet he aims and will continue to aim to incorporate all the elements of his experience into his work, in the pursuit of discovering the relationship between our inner and outer worlds.

Website: www.aquio.co.uk