1989 Graduated from Yamano Beauty College and joined AXIS Salon in Tokyo.
1994 Participated in ColorUSA, a major hair and beauty event in Miami, as a member of JHCA (Japan Hair Color Association), and started training to become a colorist.
1998 - 2005 Served as a judge for JHCA National Hair Color Convention.
1998 Directed the Schwarzkopf stage of the ICD World Congress Competition in South Korea and received high praise from the judges.
2002 Representative of Schwarzkopf and Essentialique for the Japanese market.
2004 Left AXIS Salon after 15 years.
2005 Joined Warren Tricomi Salon, one of the top salons in New York.
2007 Started working backstage for New York Fashion Week events. Participated in Live Earth benefit concert as a hairstylist for featured celebrity hosts such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, and Pink Floyd.
2010 Started organizing photo shoots in New York for hair salons and hair product companies in Japan.
While at AXIS Salon Ms.Narukawa was not only a top stylist, but the Director of Salon Training and Education.
She hosted about 80 seminars over a ten year period.
Ms. Narukawa also helped develop coloring agents for DEMI Schwarzkopf.
Ms. Narukawa is currently a top stylist with Warren Tricomi Salon, and also assists Warren Tricomi with
training of staff and advice on hair products.
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EIKO NARUKAWA
As a professional make-up artist, Aya Ogasawara has established and enjoyed an active and successful career in the most forefront fashion and beauty scenes, including Tokyo, London and New York, for over 10 years.
Aya’s expertise lies in her ability to work with different face shape and skin tone, and to bring out and accentuate people’s inner beauty by enhancing their natural features. Professionally, she always stays knowledgeable of the most current beauty trends, and skilled in the latest techniques in make-up, airbrushing, hair-styling, fashion-styling, eyelash extension, esthetic treatment, etc., with a simple goal of providing her clients a wide range of professional and/or personalized beauty related services for their different projects or occasions.
Aya has regularly worked with high-profile clients in the fashion and the entertainment industries, including fashion magazines Vogue, Elle, Dazed and Confused, on photo shoots and many other exciting projects such as music video filming of Boy George and Mark Ronson; advertising campaigns for Victoria’s Secret and Burberry; fashion shows for Giorgio Armani and Michael Kors.
In addition, Aya has also provided her professional make-up services to individuals, including celebrities, for private events such as weddings. She is highly commended by her clients as an artistically inclined, highly resourceful, flexible, attentive, and creative professional with an intuitive and keen understanding of her clients’ particular needs.
Aya also actively organizes beauty seminars for professionals and general public who are interested, gives speeches and lectures, publishes articles on various beauty related topics, and occasionally shares her insights through interviews.
Aya graduated from London School of Beauty and Make-Up, where she obtained the internationally recognized
I.M.A.(International Make Up Association) qualification. In addition, she acquired an Airbrush Make-Up Certificate at London Film Academy.
hair make up artist
AYA OGASAWARA
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Yoko Miyazaki, a president of YOKO MIYAZAKI PHOTOGRAPH, is a photographer dedicated to B&W photo shooting including portraits and photographs more than 800 subjects including various celebrities/artists throughout the year. She has been active in shooting for media such as magazines and advertisements as well.
From her regret not to be able to have photos with her dog, she also established “LARGO -Dog photo & Design-“, her original photo shooting brand focusing on “Dog and its owner”, to deliver the memorable photos to dogs’ owners.
<Another Project>
She launched “kiss the dog! around the world project” in 2013 to shoot phots showing the owners kissing their lovely dogs. She traveled around the world to Taiwan, Hawaii, NY and is now planning to expand her activities to France and Italy this year.
<Short Biography>
Yoko Miyazaki graduated from the university with major in architecture and worked at the real estate developer to project-manage various residential houses after the graduation. After the resignation, she moved in to the photo industry initially as an assistant of commercial photographer and started up her own company and brand later.
Web page: yokomiyazaki.com
YOKO MIYAZAKI
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