Jyuu Ayakura

Jyuu Ayakura (文倉十) is a Japanese illustrator. He makes the illustrations and covers for the Spice and Wolf and Wolf & Parchment: New Theory Spice & Wolf 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 and 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