RISA TAKENAMI

Hair and Makeup Artist

Work History

Salon Work Experience

April 2021 -
Blow Me Away Organic Salon & Head Spa

Dec 2015 -
Tomoko Shima Hair Salon

Nov 2003 -  Dec 2012
Hair Stylist at B-to Be Hair Salon, Kyoto, Japan

Mar 2001 -  Oct 2003
Hair Stylist at Bless Hair & Makeup Salon, Kyoto, Japan

Teaching Experience

2013 – 2014
Hair and Makeup Instructor at Kyoto Institute of Design, Kyoto, Japan
courses taught: hair & makeup course, beauty course, special instructor for
open campus “Design Festa”

2012 - 2014
Hair and Makeup Instructor at Yamano Beauty-Treatment Academy, Osaka, Japan

2013 Lecturer – 4 lecture series at Kobe Erinserve Makeup School Awards and Honors

Awards Received

Hair & Makeup Assistant – Just the Two of Us
Directed by Keita Fujimoto
Winner of the Nippon Honor Award and Audience Award at an International Film Festival in Germany
May -2022

2016 Prix de la Photographie, Paris Winner.gold
-Fine Art Category photographer Haseo team-Worked as a Hair makeup artist

2011 5th JMA Paris Collection Hair and Makeup Artist Audition
Winner, Grand Prix (Professional - Hair Wig Arrangement & Make-Up – Category)
- organized by Japan Make-Up Association
- prize consisted of winning an opportunity to participate in a Paris Fashion Week
haute couture collection by fashion designer Jeremy Bueno as a makeup artist

Fashion Shows

Hair Make products by RAW showcase "RAW BROOKLYN PRESENTS FIXATE" in Brooklyn, New York
September 2017

September 13 2017
RAW BROOKLYN PRESENTS FIXATE" in New York
- Worked as a hair & makeup artist (Risa Takenami Design show)

September 9 2017 Couture Fashion Week NY - Elie Esper Hair team Worked as a hair artist
Designer brands /VIVIRE Canvas Couture/ Shera Autry Couture/Evgenia Luzhina

February 10 2017 Couture Fashion Week NY - Elie Esper Hair team Worked as a hair artist
Designer brands
Belinda Bullshoe / Cory Couture by Cory Tran / Cuero Design by paulina Canas

October 3 2016 - St.ODIM 2017S/S in Paris
Chie hagihara hairmake team-Worked as a makeup artist (fashion designer: Jun Nagai)

September 8-9/2016 Couture Fashion Week NY- Worked as a hair artist

Designer brands
9/8 TlSHYNAH BUFFALO/SUSHMA PATEL /NEW M102 by PAWAN SEE WOORUTTUN/ESTE & CCHLO/SOF.T ny SOFLA /TUREKOYA

9/9 ISABEL ZARARDLRZ/VlVRECANVAS COUTURE/KARISHMA SONDHI/UPSALRS FASHIONS 43/ MIRA INDRIA/ TERESITA TANON/NARINE TOVMASYAN/FELISHA DEE BULLOCK

Feb 12, 2016
Couture Fashion Week NY
- Worked as a hair artist
Designer brands
Sushma patel / Fatou Ndene Mdiaye / Lutery wear

2015 Kyoto Institute of Design Fashion Festa / Design Festa - Make-up artist responsible for the event

2014/2015 Tokyo Collection (Autumn / Winter)
- Worked as a makeup artist for fashion brands including Lamarck (fashion designer: Shinsuke Morishita), and Christian Dada (fashion designer: Masanori Morikawa)

2013 Paris Fashion Week
- Worked as a member of Sachi hair/make-up team for haute couture designer Yoshiki Hishinuma

2012 Paris Fashion Week
- Worked as a makeup artist for haute couture designer Jeremy Bueno during his Paris Collection
- Traveled to Paris as part of the prize for winning grand-prix at 5th JMA Paris Collection Hair and Makeup Artist Audition

2012 Heian Jingu Shrine Hall Fashion Show
- Responsible for the entire make-up responsibilities of the show
- Organized by Kyoto Institute of Design

2008 – 2012 ACT Fashion show a Kyoto Institute of Design

Trade Magazines (Editorial & Credits)

Professional Education

Head Kure Technique Certification
(Highest Standards in Scalp and Hair Care)
February 2025

American School of Flower Design – Basic Course Certificate
Completed April 2023

Oct 2001 – Sept 2004  Kyoto Beauty College, Kyoto, Japan

Graduated in September 2004

Licenses / Diplomas

California cosmetology license

NY cosmetology license

Japanese cosmetology license

Hair & Makeup Sach Academy hair & makeup diploma

Dinair Airbrush Makeup Diploma

Exhibition & Shows Record Hair & Makeup

Hair & Makeup Artist – Anime Expo
Hair and makeup for Japanese voice actors from SaGa July 2026

Hair Assistant – GIVENCHY × Disney “101 Dalmatians” Campaign July 2022

Jun 25-26 2016 LUX -Worked as a hair artist
(products shot & How to shot & Viideo shooting with LUX gairl. )

March 8 2016 IBS new york INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY SHOW

BEAUTY TRIBE worked as Hair artis

JUN / 24 / 2016, SINGLE MOONLIGHT Jacket (singer - mazzitak) Worked as a Hair & makeup artist

Nihon Joshi Hakurankai

JAPAN GIRLS EXPO 2015

The 9th of Yamaha Music Revolution’s Poster

Publications Newspaper

The Asahi Shimbun May 28, 2015

The Chunichi Shimbun May 27, 2015

Film Credits

Hair & Makeup Artist — REBORN (Short Film)
Produced by Nina van Wijk February 2026

Hair & Makeup Artist — Dinner for Two (Short Film)
Produced by Yun Suh
July 2026

Hair & Makeup Assistant — Just the Two of Us
Directed by Keita Fujimoto May 2022