KENTA HIRAI

Born in Shizuoka prefecture in 1984.In 2010, after learning woodworking in HidaTakayama, he went to Ireland and worked for three years at Joseph Walsh Studio. After returning to Japan, he moved to Kawakami Village in Nara Prefecture, where he opened ”studio Jig” in 2017. The same year, he received the Bronze Leaf Award at the International furniture Design Fair Asahikawa, as well as the Forestry Agency Deputy Director-General’s Japan Wood Design Award (Excellence Award).