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About
Chocolate artist whose work has been featured at the MARK IS Fukuoka Momochi Neo Japan Exhibition and the Fukuoka Art Museum in Sannomaru Square. She has been sought out for collaboration by brands like Toyota, Maruchan, Nespresso, Arima Kinen Horse Race, Uptown Furniture, and Nissan Motors. With over 430,000 followers on her norico0807 TikTok account, her intricate portraits, landscapes, and tributes to figures like the late Shinzo Abe and Elizabeth II typically use only a spoonful of melted chocolate.
Before Fame
She began creating artwork with chocolate in 2015. At the time, she was managing her own restaurant in her home country of Japan. After having created a chocolate artwork for a special event, she shared it on social media and quickly began gaining exposure thereafter.
Trivia
In February 2024, she created a live chocolate painting at Amour du Chocolat Nagoya, the largest chocolate festival in all of Japan. She posted a video of her live painting, to the tune of "Paganini: La Campanella, Op. 7," performed by violinists David Garrett and Alexander Markov.
Family Life
She began her career as a chocolate artist by creating a piece for her own wedding in 2015. She and her husband share a son.
Associated With
One of her most popular videos features her chocolate drawing of the award-winning J-Pop boy band Arashi, including all 5 of its former members - Jun Matsumoto, Sho Sakurai, Kazunari Ninomiya, Satoshi Ohno, and Masaki Aiba.
