Jyuu Ayakura

Jū Ayakura (文倉十, Ayakura Juu?) is a Japanese illustrator credited with creating the original character designs used in Spice and Wolf. He is also responsible for the drawings and cover art used in the light novels.

History
After graduating from high school, he enlisted at a University for Fine Arts. A year after graduating, he moved to Tokyo hoping to start a career in the field. The turning point came a year later, when he was hired as the lead artist and character designer of the adult game "ANGEL BULLET", and he has continued to work as a professional artist ever since.

He was picked up by MediaWorks (now ASCII Media Works) who were searching for an illustrator for light novels, and was appointed as the artist for “Spice & Wolf” in 2005.

Light Novels

 * Spice and Wolf
 * Wolf &amp; Parchment
 * Glorious Hearts
 * Hanamori
 * The Ideal Sponger Life
 * Ichigoiro Kinku
 * Imagine Hiseki

Games

 * Angel Bullet: Original art & character design
 * Last Bullet: Original art & character design
 * Spice &amp; Wolf Games: Promotional content & character design
 * Valkyria Chronicles Duel: Card Illustrations
 * Kaku-San-Sei Million Arthur: Card Illustrations

Software

 * VOCALOID/VOICEROID 3 Yuzuki Yukari: Character design & package illustration