Kengo Kurimoto author page

Kengo Kurimoto biography

Kengo Kurimoto is an artist, animator and game designer who creates across books, sculpture, film and console games. His practice emphasises close observation of the natural world and near-wordless visual storytelling, culminating in his debut graphic novel Wildful.

Wildful follows a girl who discovers a hidden woodland and, through careful attention to its creatures and rhythms, finds a way to meet grief with wonder. The book’s quiet pacing and panel sequences foreground sensory detail and non-verbal narrative – an approach Kurimoto has highlighted in statements about letting pictures speak and inviting readers to slow down.

Wildful was first published by Groundwood Books on 6 February 2024 – 216 pages, ISBN 9781773068626 – with a UK hardback from Pushkin Children’s Books on 8 May 2025 – 216 pages, ISBN 9781782694892.