Ilya Kushinov is a Russian artist based in Japan. He began drawing at the age of 11 and was inspired by the anime film, Ghost in the Shell. He would later study architecture at a college in Moscow. He moved to Japan in 2015 and started working full-time on anime. He is the lead character designer for Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 (2020) and The Wonderland (2019). Kushinov is also popular on Instagram where he currently has a follower count of 2 million.

Date of birth: February 20, 1990
Origin: Moscow, Russia
Date of photo: March 2019