Born in 1963 in Nagano Prefecture, Tomoaki Okaniwa graduated from Tokyo Zoukei University, Department of Fine arts majoring in Painting. Moving from the canvas to a desire for expression through garments and then establishing Caterpillar Produit in 1987.
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