“NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES Art Calendar 2026 Global Challengers” Available from September 10
Nippon Paper Industries Co.,Ltd.
Nippon Paper Industries Co.,Ltd.(Chiyoda-ku,President and Representative Director: Akira Sebe) will release NIPPON PAPER GROUP 2026 corporate calendar “NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES Art Calendar 2026 Global Challengers”from September 10th. NIPPON PAPER GROUP corporate calendar is a brand communication tool to convey the Group's brand, attitude, and direction, and Group Mission is 2030VISION “Global”,“Challenge”,“Creativity”is produced with the concept. Every year, the works of active young and mid-career Japanese artists who continue to take on challenges on the world stage are posted on the calendar according to the image of each month.
In the 2026 calendar, we have appointed three artists, Akira Yamaguchi, Ayane Eguchi, and Takahiro Kobayashi, and randomly posted them for four months each so that you can enjoy the style of each artist. “NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES Art Calendar 2026 Global Challengers”will be available on Kuryudo's online store and Amazon from September 10, and will be gradually expanded to bookstores nationwide.
[Bibliographic information]
Publisher : Akira Sebe
Publisher :Nippon Paper Industries Co.,Ltd.
Publisher: KYURYUDO ART PUBLISHING CO.,LTD.
Printing and binding: Tokyo Printing Co., Ltd.
Paper used: U-light 157g/㎡
Design: Kyoko Shimizu (Kuryudo)
[Sales Destinations]
(1) Online site
・NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES Art Calendar 2026 Global Challengers Special Page (on the Kyuryudo website)
URL: https://www.kyuryudo.co.jp/html/page130.html
・Amazon NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES Art Calendar 2026 Global Challengers Sales Page
URL：https://amzn.asia/d/4dhsZFW
(2) Bookstores: Scheduled to be sold at bookstores nationwide.
[About the Artist]
■January, May, August, December Akira Yamaguchi
1969 Born in Tokyo, raised in Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture
1994 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Department of Oil Painting
1996 Department of Painting, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2001 The 4th Taro Okamoto Memorial Contemporary Art Grand Prize Excellence Award
Solo exhibition
“Akira Yamaguchi exhibition This time it's a warrior picture!”(2007)Nerima City, Tokyoof Art, etc.
Collaboration with Hermès icon Carré (scarf) (2020)
■February, April, June, October Ayane Eguchi
1985 Born in Hokkaido
2011 Completed the Master's Course in Oil Painting, Graduate School of Arts and Crafts, Kanazawa University of Art and Design
Solo exhibition
“Ode to Wonderland”2018), Mizuma Gallery Singapore “The Kingdom of Wonderland”(2013),
Mizuma Action has participated in group exhibitions in Japan and abroad, including in Japan, Indonesia, the United States, and Singapore.
■March, July, September, November Takanobu Kobayashi
Born in Tokyo in 1960
1986 Graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Aichi Prefectural University of Arts
1996 VOCA Exhibition Encouragement Award
Solo exhibition
Gallery Love Collection (1985) Aichi
“Takataru Kobayashi - Dreaming of Us”(2014)Yokosuka Museum of Art
“Utsuwa”(2023)Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo, etc.