Biography of Shigenori Iwasaki and his family 1970.3 Shige was born in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, Japan. 1995 Shige started to teach himself tattoos while working as a mechanical engineer for Harley Davidson motor cycles in Yokohama. 1998 Shige met Chisato, who was in the fashion industry, and they started the tattoo business together. 1999.2 Shige married Chisato. 2000.6 Shige and Chisato opened an independent tattoo studio in Yokohama. 2000 After meeting Filip Leu, Shige was influenced by Japanese styles. Since then, Shige has been cultivating his original Japanese style. 2001.10 Shige participated in the Massachusetts Tattoo Festival held by Paul Booth: Since then, he has been participating in various conventions all over the world. 2002 Shige stayed with Filip Leu in Lausanne, Switzerland for three months (2002.11-2003.2), completing his own full body suit tattoo by Filip and learning from him and his family. 2003.8 Shige and Chisato established OUEN (YELLOWBLAZE TATTOO STUDIO), Inc. Chisato became the managing director for OUEN, Inc. 2003.9 Their first daughter, Ayaka was born. Shige and his family have traveled all over the world. Shige continues to be inspired by tattooists that he meets and the various regional cultures he encounters. Shige has been seeking for, expressing, and creating his own styles, which are based on Japanese traditional and historical materials.