Erotic Art: Gengoroh Tagame

Name: Gengoroh Tagame
Occupation: Gay Erotic Artist: Comics, Illustrations, and Novels
Date of Birth: February 3, 1964, in the Year of the Dragon
Schooling: Tama Art University, with a specialty in Graphic Design
Career: First published in a magazine in 1982, he did not use the name “Gengoroh Tagame.” He wouldn’t take that name until 1986, at which time he would start to work as an Art Director for a public company. In 1992, he switched to work as a free-lance Art Director, Graphic Designer, and Illustrator. In 1994, he became a full-time Gay Erotic Artist. He has since been published in nine comic books & one art book. He is also regularly published in two gay Japanese magazines, G-men and SM-Z, published by G-project, as well as the gay Japanese magazine Bady, published by Terra publishing.
A Few of His Favorite Things: Bears, Bondage, Cocks, Discipline, Fundoshi, Gags, Kura, Leather, Muscles, Piss, Punishment, Scat, Torture, Training, and Whips
Favorite Gay Erotic Artists: Cavelo, Etienne, Funayama, Fuwa, Hun, Les, Mishima, Tom of Finland, and Ward
Favorite Non-Erotic Artists: Caravaggio, Cocteau, Ito, Katsushika, Mapplethorpe, Pasolini, Rubens, Tezuka, Tsukioka, and Yato