Hajime Sorayama

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Japanese born, Hajime Sorayama became an illustrator of erotic
art---hyper-realist, ultra sexy female figures known as "sexy robots". He
attended Shikoku Gakuin University, but left to attend the Chuo Art School
from where he graduated in 1968. He then took a job as an illustrator for
an advertising agency for four years before working independently as a
free-lance illustrator. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Tokyo,
Japan. (2006)

In 1978, he created his first 'robot' and from that time has been in
numerous books with his illustrations including Sexy Robot (1983); Pin Up
(1984); Hyper Illustrations (1989); Naga Deluxe (1997); and The Gynoids
Genetically Manipulated (2000)

His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New
York and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.