Hobonichi - Masamune Kusano x junaida: Himitsu Stranger | A6 Techo Cover

This design features the illustration of the front cover of the song- art book Himitsu Stranger. The song-art book Himitsu Stranger is based on the lyrics from 13 songs recorded by Masamune Kusano for the Spitz album "Himitsu Studio". Artist junaida illustrated the lyrical stories for each of the songs.... Read More

This design features the illustration of the front cover of the song- art book Himitsu Stranger. The song-art book Himitsu Stranger is based on the lyrics from 13 songs recorded by Masamune Kusano for the Spitz album "Himitsu Studio". Artist junaida illustrated the lyrical stories for each of the songs. It has "butterfly stopper" pen holders, which also function as a clasp to keep the cover shut.

About Masamune Kusano

Born in 1967. Musician. Formed the rock band Spitz in 1987 and sang vocals and played guitar. Their first major hit was the single Hibari no Kokoro in 1991. Since then, Kusano has written the lyrics and music for most of Spitz’s songs. Their latest album Himitsu Studio was released in May 2023 and was accompanied by a nationwide tour called Spitz Jamboree Tour ’23~’24 “Himitsu Studio” that ran from June 2023 to February 2024.

About junaida

Born in 1978. Painter and artist. Has won many awards and accolades for his work around the world, including being selected as an artist for HOME (published by Sun Reed) in the 2015 Bologna Illustrators Exhibition, Michi and MONSTERIUM (published by Fukuinkan Shoten) winning awards at the Japan Book Design Awards in the children’s book/illustrated book division, and MONSTERIUM winning the IBBY award (Peter Pan Prize). Has most recently been branching out, with a focus on creating picture books. Recent publications include This is Home (text by poet Shuntaro Tanikawa) (published by BlueSheep), World (published by Fukuinkan Shoten), and Tomoshibi (published by Sun Reed).

This is a cover only and does not include the Techo book. The book is available here.