Okudaira is an art director/cartoonist/musician. In 1979 he made his debut with “Modern Lovers” in a cartoon magazine Garo, and started his career as an illustrator as well as musician. He established “Ayakane Japonesu” in 1982, and two years later put together a band, “Iramago”, with the release of “TYO Rock.” In 1985, he took a job as a writer/editor/art director of BAKF on Takarajima Magazine. As a founder of Yla-tech Co., Ltd., he currently works as an art director for Tezuka Osamu Museum, Fujitsu’s TEO, etc. y6t1t