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02

灯

AKARI is four people in a second-floor room above a yakitori bar in Kōenji. We started in 2014, making signs for the shops downstairs.

Today we design identities, films, websites and spaces for brands that come alive after dark. Some of them still have a sign by us above the door.

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営業時間

18:00

18:00

18:00

18:00

Brief

Brief

We listen first: the street, the audience and the one thing the brand must say.

20:00

20:00

20:00

20:00

Sketch

Sketch

Fast, rough directions on paper and in motion. Three routes, never ten.

23:00

23:00

23:00

23:00

Build

Build

Identity, film or website, made properly and tested in the real light.

02:00

02:00

02:00

02:00

Launch

Launch

We switch it on together, then stay close for the first weeks.

04

仲間

青

Mika Aoyama

Creative director

18:00 — 02:00

動

Ren Takeda

Motion lead

20:00 — 04:00

空

Sora Ishii

Design lead

17:00 — 01:00

林

Jun Hayashi

Developer

19:00 — 03:00

SAY HELLO — WE ANSWER AFTER DARK

Open until late.

hello@akari.studio

New projects from February 2027. Kōenji, Tokyo, and wherever the work takes us.

© 2026 AKARI 灯 — A FICTIONAL STUDIO

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SAY HELLO — WE ANSWER AFTER DARK

Open until late.

hello@akari.studio

New projects from February 2027. Kōenji, Tokyo, and wherever the work takes us.

© 2026 AKARI 灯 — A FICTIONAL STUDIO

BUILT WITH YOKOCHO FOR FRAMER

SAY HELLO — WE ANSWER AFTER DARK

Open until late.

hello@akari.studio

New projects from February 2027. Kōenji, Tokyo, and wherever the work takes us.

© 2026 AKARI 灯 — A FICTIONAL STUDIO

BUILT WITH YOKOCHO FOR FRAMER

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