Yuichi Yokoyama was born in 1967 in Miyazaki prefecture. After studying oil painting at an art university, he began to draw manga as a medium that best suited his form of expression. To date, he has produced many manga pieces including, "New Engineering", "Travel", "NIWA", "Outdoor", and "Baby Boom", which has gained high acclaim both in and out of Japan.

In addition to his current solo show "Yuichi Yokoyama - All Documentation on NEO Manga: I'm Drawing the Time" being held at the Kawasaki City Museum, Yokoyama has participated in many exhibitions including "Roppongi Crossing" (2007, Mori Art Museum) and "city_net Asia" (Seoul Museum of Art).

Yuichi Yokoyama's manga, which he describes as "drawing time", is a clear departure from common story from manga. Dialog is sparse and onomatopoeias such as "do do do do" and "wa-" are boldly used. In an atmosphere that is uncanny but attractive, cool characters freely move around with a sense of speed. This unique expression that Yokoyama himself describes as "neo-manga" has easily overcome the limits of a two dimensional media to superbly draw "time" and "space". His work brings fresh surprises and excitement to the viewer and has continued to have great impact extending beyond the genre.

To commemorate last month's release of Yuichi Yokoyama's newest collection of work, "Baby Boom Final" (Akio Nagasawa Publishing), pieces handpicked by Yokoyama from the accumulated original drawings that were created over a period of about 2 years for this book will be made into silkscreen and exhibited for the ARATANIURANO solo show "BBF". Also, 100 limited edition custom-bound books with original work and t-shirts will be sold. On the day before and the first day of this exhibition, there will be a special live painting session where the artist will tackle a large canvas.