Akira Yoshizawa (吉澤 章 Yoshizawa Akira; 14 March 1911 – 14 March 2005) was a Japanese origamist, considered to be the grandmaster of origami. He is credited with raising origami from a craft to a living art. According to his own estimation made in 1989, he created more than 50,000 models, of whi ...
(b.1961, Japanese)Koshiro Hatori is a professional translator and origami artist who has made significant contributions to the academic study of origami. His research has led to breakthroughs in the mathematics of origami as well as the history of this art form both in Japan and the West. His ...
(b. 1957, American) Michael G. LaFosse is internationally regarded as one of the world’s top origami masters. He has been practicing origami for more than 40 years and has been teaching it for over 30 years. LaFosse, a master paper-maker, and his partner, Richard Alexander, also create handmade or ...
(b.1980, Chinese American) Brian Chan studied origami avidly as a child. While pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering at MIT, a visit by Robert Lang in 2004 re-inspired him to take up folding seriously. Now an instructor at MIT and a freelance artist, Chan is considered one of the world’s for ...
Makoto Yamaguchi (山口 真 Yamaguchi Makoto; Born in Tokyo in 1944), the Chairperson of Origami House, has taken an active part in origami as a professional creator after working with the Nippon Origami Association. In 1989, he opened "Gallery Origami House", a venue to showcase the works of origami ...
(b. 1974, France)A psychotherapist with a background in engineering and molecular chemistry, Nicolas Terry discovered origami as a child and in 2002 started creating his own designs, beginning with a snail. Since then, he has designed numerous forms, mostly of animals, given presentations, and ...
Sipho Mabona is a Swiss origami master. He started making paper planes when he was just five years old but ran out of designs for the planes by the time he was 15 and turned to other inspirations. Mabona was the first-ever foreigner to have his work grace the cover of the official magazine of the Ja ...
Tomoko Fuse (布施 知子, Fuse Tomoko, born in Niigata, 1951) is a Japanese origami artist and author of numerous books on the subject of modular origami, and is by many considered as a renowned master in such discipline.She has created numerous origami designs, including boxes, kusudama, paper ...
Jun Maekawa (前川 淳 Maekawa Jun, 1958-) is a Japanese software engineer, mathematician, and origami artist. He is known for popularizing the method of utilizing crease patterns in designing origami models, with his 1985 publication Viva Origami, as well as other paperfolding-related theorems and m ...
Hojyo Takashi is a young Japanese origami artist. He is an exception - by moving away from the standard pointy-bit insect models that just about every complex designer thinks they need to come up with, he has developed a signature style which is unique. One of his famous design is developing of a h ...