Welcome to Keisuke Iwahata's web site! Here you can explore paintings and characters created by Keisuke Iwahata, an illustrator born in Numazu City, Shizuoka, Japan.

When I was on the 4th grade, I was in the hospital for treatment for leukemia.
At that time, I was always reading comic books.
My favorite cartoon was “Tensai Bakabon” (literally meaning Genius Bakabon) written by Fujio Akatsuka.  I really enjoyed the episodes that involved a lot of trouble by the leading character Bakabon’s Papa and his son Bakabon.
When I read his cartoon at the age of ten, I thought that I wanted to try to create such funny characters as Fujio Akatsuka did.
It is Fujio Akatsuka’s “Tensai Bakabon” that triggered me to aspire to be a cartoon artist. 
I still have so many things to learn to make my dream come true.  I’d like to thank you in advance for any support and help you can provide.