Born in Osaka in 1970, Masayoshi Kodaira is the principal of FLAME Inc., a graphic design studio based in Tokyo.　He designed posters, books and signages for the exhibition of YOSHITOMO NARA, ARCHIGRAM, LOUIS VUITTON, ART FAIR TOKYO, FUKUTAKE HOUSE, HARA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, etc. Most recently, has collaborated with ISSEY MIYAKE to create a line of bags and designed graphics for UIA2011 TOKYO: The 24th World Congress of Architecture. Also directed advertisings and commercial films for LAFORET HARAJUKU(a major fashion department store in Tokyo) and TAKEO PAPER SHOW 2007/2008. Awards include D&AD Silver, THE ONE SHOW Silver and Tokyo Art Directors Club ADC award.