About

Who am I?

こんにちは! Hello~!
I am Kokosensei.

I’m originally from Tokyo, Japan.

I started drawing when I was 7 – I remember watching Japanese Anime, placed a piece of paper directly on the TV screen so I can trace and practice drawing! (that time the TV screen was CRT tv, so the surface was like glass 😉)

When I was on the 4th grade I remember joining a Manga Drawing Club at school in Tokyo. Once a week, we gathered in a classroom, brought own manga books and just drew drew drew.

It was SOOO fun!! After 30 years I still remember clearly! We joked, drew, talked, drew…. how I wish the time would last forever!

After +10 years of “lost” time…

Sad truth is that I stopped drawing when I grew older. I worked as an illustrator, but still, not fully manga style.

but once I moved to Denmark…..

One random day I ran into “how to draw Manga tips” website.
“Huuuuum, I think I can do better!!?”

My honest thought.

So, same year luckily there was a creative-market event in the city I live in.
I’ve applied – they accepted me to throw a “Drawing Table” for me! (Thank you DOKK1)

I wasn’t sure if people were coming. Growing up in Japan, I knew Anime Manga was popular but wasn’t sure in Denmark.

This was the result 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 😱😱😱😱😱

drawing focused students

I screamed in my heart.

My table was full!!!! People came to draw!!!!!!!

That was the beginning. “I will try to teach Anime Manga Drawing!!!!!!”

Now I found my calling

So in 2020, I decided to start a blog, youtube and other Social Media to start sharing my tutorials.

You know what’s the beauty part of Drawing?

Once you mastered, it doesn’t go away. Even you had many many years of break.

I’d love to share this drawing excitement with people who have passion of drawing, especially Manga Anime style.

I found my calling!!!!
This is it – to teach Anime Manga Drawing / Manga Comic Making.
When I die I will be holding a paper and pen, and family’s hands! 😉

Expanding my audience to Adults 2024 ~

After teaching young students for 5 years, I became curious to expand my business (teach drawing) to Adults.

I had no idea if anyone will be interested in paying me to learn Manga Drawing.
Maybe Manga drawing is only for kids?

I told myself. Ok, Koko, I can try to spend $500 on Facebook Ads, targeting Adults.
This $500, it’s a test-learning money, I had to be okay to ‘lose’ it, if noone wants to join my course.

Until you try, you don’t know what works, right? most of the time.

So I did, I paid $500 ads, and BOOM….. soo many adults joined my free workshop!

As a result?
I had the best result.

It was proven…

Adults want to learn Manga!!!!!!!!!!
It was a huge eye opening for me and a game changer.

Since then, I mainly focus on

Online – I teach adults
Offline – I teach kids

So far, this seems to be a perfect way to run my teaching busienss 🙂 .

How can I help you?

Koko-sensei

Personal life: I am married to a very supportive Danish husband and mother of a Viking-Ninja (how cool is that!?) boy. 🙂 Here is a picture of us in Akihabara, Tokyo when he was little.