January 25, 2026

By TOMOYA · Osaka

January 25, 2026 Western Japan's largest tattoo event naniwa_ink_expo I had the honor of participating! Thank you very much! Front/Back Piece Category 2nd place aayyaakkaa_8 Best of Day Category 1st place _gentlemens_riun We received awards! When I really think about it, at Western Japan's largest tattoo event, winning 1st place for Best of Day is an amazing achievement!! I realized that again! Thank you very much! Recently, as the number of domestic tattoo artists who are conscious of contests is increasing, regardless of size, at any tattoo event, I feel that continuing to challenge oneself with one's own style is what looks truly cool! While my seniors are probably standing on stages of even greater heights, I believe I am still in a generation that needs to keep challenging itself! Of course, it is only thanks to the clients for whom I performed the session, that rankings are given and that fact remains! How important that is for a tattoo artist is a matter of individual perspective, so I don't know, but if the judges and audience also share the same feeling when judging, that it is for carrying that fact, then I think it would be a truly wonderful thing! From now on, I will continue to stick to my own style, and will firmly challenge myself in contests and other endeavors! To the organizers who put in great effort for the first-time event and invited me, senjirowtattoo pe_saru To all the related parties and staff who spoke to me on the day, thank you very much! As I am still immature as a person, I will continue to strive for improvement! Thank you very much! Best of Back Piece award 2nd place🥈 Best of Show award 1st place🥇 Thank you all to naniwa_ink_expo and the staff who do an incredible job. Thank you to senjirowtattoo pe_saru for organizing the convention. Sponsor by bigwasp.official bigwasp.japan

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Text is machine-translated from Japanese.