B.LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME WEEKEND 2024 IN OKINAWA Participating Player Line Art Photo Spot | NOMURA x MQ

NOMURA Co., Ltd. was responsible for the planning, design, layout, and installation of the "Participant Player Line Art Photo Spot" installed at Okinawa Arena, the venue for "B.LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME WEEKEND 2024 IN OKINAWA," the first B.LEAGUE interior execution to be held over three days. Graphic designer MQ, who has been working mainly on illustrations of NBA (American professional basketball league) players since 2018, collaborated with NOMURA to create a life-size line art monument of dynamic illustrations drawn in one stroke of the 10 participating players selected by fan vote.

Together with the players, staff, and fans, we are breaking the mold of the B.LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME and expressing the world of "Kokoro, Tagiru."

Line Art Photo Spot Overview
Name: Photo spot with line art of participating athletes | NOMURA x MQ
Number of pieces: 10 in total
Material: T9 steel plate NC processing/painted finish
Player Name:
B.BLACK Shin Hiejima (Utsunomiya Brex), Ryuichi Kishimoto (Ryukyu Golden Kings), Josh Hawkinson (Sunrockers Shibuya), Kota Imamura (Ryukyu Golden Kings), Yudai Nishida (SeaHorses Mikawa)
B.WHITE Yuki Togashi (Chiba Jets), Yuki Kawamura (Yokohama B-Corsairs), Yudai Baba (Nagasaki Velca),
Ren Kanechika (Chiba Jets), Perrin Buford (Shimane Susanoo Magic)

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Maaya Kinoshita / MQ
Graphic designer. Graduated from the Department of concept design, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, and completed his graduate school at the same university.In2018, he began working under the nameMQ, focusing on illustratingNBA (American professional basketball league) players. As an official super fan ofthe NBA Washington Wizards, at the NBA Japan Games 2022held in September2022,he produced original Wizards goods and officialSNSgraphics, and held a gallery displays in the hotel. He works on artwork for NBAcontent andprofessional sports teams such as theB League. He deliversNBA news every week on the YouTubechannel "Basketball Diner"together withSohei Oshiba, publisher of the magazine "Double Dream," and Reo Onishi, senior editor of NBA Japan.