About
YU HORAGUCHI
Creative Director | Photographer | Artist
Tokyo, Japan
Concept :
Awaken the Radiance. - 輝きを、喚び覚せ。
写真とデザインを通して、人・ブランド・事業の「前へ進む内なる力」を喚び覚す表現制作を行う。
広告・建築・デザインの経験を背景に、
強さと美しさ、静けさと躍動、光と影といった相反する要素を重ね、目には見えない意志や感情を視覚化することを試みている。
アーティストとしての作品制作と並行し、
Creative Directorとしてブランドやプロジェクトのコンセプト設計からビジュアルディレクション、写真、デザインまで手がける。
Through photography and design, I create work that awakens the inner force that drives people, brands, and businesses forward.
Drawing on my background in architecture, advertising, and design, I explore contrasts — strength and beauty, stillness and motion, light and shadow — to give visual form to invisible forces such as will and emotion.
Alongside my artistic practice, I work as a Creative Director, shaping brands and projects from concept development to visual direction, photography, and design.
BIOGRAPHY
2016
2018-2024
2024-
2025-
Graduated from Nihon University
Department of Architecture, Architectural Design
IREP / Hakuhodo DY ONE
Digital & Film Creative
Creative Producer
Independent Creative Agency, Tokyo
Artist / Creative Director
Independent Practice
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026
Portrait Summit 2026
Coco de 薔薇展
SELECTED AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2025
2024
2023
2016
2015
2011
Spotify Hits
Finalist
TikTok Ad Awards Japan
Finalist
YouTube Works Awards Japan
Action Driver
Nihon University
桜工賞
POLUS Student ArchitecturalCompetition
Place
高校生「建築甲子園」
Grand prize
etc.
©︎ 2026 YU HORAGUCHI