Itaru Hinoue is the pseudonym of a Japanese artist from Osaka, Japan, who is one of the founding members of the visual novel brand Key under VisualArt's.
11 Facts About Itaru Hinoue
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At Key, Itaru Hinoue was the sole art director for their first three titles, Kanon, Air, and Clannad, but did not contribute for the two games that followed, Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet, and Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life.
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Outside of Key in 2006, Itaru Hinoue was the art director for the yaoi visual novel Bokura wa Minna, Koi o suru by the company Pekoe, under VisualArt's.
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In 2007, Itaru Hinoue provided uniform design and one of five character designs in a five-part moe adult drama CD series named School Heart's produced by Mana, a brand under VisualArt's.
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Between December 2007 and August 2010, Itaru Hinoue was one of three personalities on an Internet radio show sponsored by Key in regards to the brand called Key Net Radio.
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Itaru Hinoue worked on Key's ninth game Rewrite by heading the project's planning, and acting as the sole art director and character designer.
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Itaru Hinoue has a distinct style of character art that evolved over the years, but there are still consistencies in her art style.
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Itaru Hinoue's characters have very small noses and mouths placed within close proximity of each other which leaves an abnormally large separation between the mouth and bottom of the chin.
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Itaru Hinoue is skilled in preserving the psychological description of her characters via their facial expressions.
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Itaru Hinoue was one of several prominent artists who illustrated a pin-up for the manga Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens.
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Itaru Hinoue provided a still image used in episode four of Kannagis anime adaptation as the ending illustration.