Ryo Sugimoto

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Ryo Sugimoto is the President and Representative Director of ROJI Co. Limited. Born in 1976, he studied under production designers Yohei Taneda and Mitsuo Harada as an art assistant. He Joined NOUVELLE VAGUE Co., Limited in 2005, and working as an art designer for AEGIS (2005) and Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007). He was an art director for BABEL (2007), directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu, which won the 59th Artistic Directors Society Award for production design in 2007. In the same year, he participated in Chameleon (2008), directed by Junji Sakamoto, as the first production designer. Since then, he has worked as a production designer for Map of the sounds of Tokyo (2008), directed by Isabelle Coixet, among others. He has also designed commercials, music videos, and interiors. He retired from NOUVELLE VAGUE Co., Ltd. in 2021. In September of the same year.

• 2001 9 Souls / Toshiaki Toyoda: Film director / Art director
• 2001 KT / Junji Sakamoto: Film director / Art director
• 2003 Lost in Translation / Sofia Coppola: Film director / Art director
• 2003 KONO YO NO SOTOE CLUB-SHINCHUGUN / Junji Sakamoto: Film director / Art director
• 2004 69 / Lee Sang-il: Film director / Art director
• 2005 AEGIS / Junji Sakamoto: Film director / Art director
• 2006 Silk / Chae Soo-bin: Film director / Art director
• 2007 "Midnight Eagle" / Izuru Narushima: Film director / Art director
• 2007 "Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad" / Joji Matsuoka: Film director / Art director
• 2007 "BABEL" / Alejandro González Iñárritu: Film director / Art director
• 2007 "Chameleon" / Junji Sakamoto: Film director / Production designer
• 2008 "KANKI NO UTA" / Jōji Matsuoka: Film director / Art director
• 2008 "Map of the sounds of Tokyo" / Isabel Coixet: Film director / Production designer
• 2008 "Ultra miracle love story" Satoko Yokohama: Film director / Production designer
• 2009 "SHINYA SYOKUDO" / Jōji Matsuoka: Film director / Art director
• 2009 "Kenta & Jun & Kayo-chan no Kuni" / Tatsushi Ōmori: Film director / Production designer
• 2010 "Villain" / Lee Sang-il: Film director / Production designer
• 2011 "The Monster Club" / Toshiaki Toyoda: Film director / Production designer
• 2011 "Gaiji Keisatsu" / Kentarō Horikirizono: Film director / Production designer
• 2012 "Unforgiven" / Lee Sang-il: Film director / Production designer
• 2012 "The Wolverine" / James Mangold: Film director / JPN Art director
• 2013 "A Bolt from the Blue" / Gekidan Hitori: Film director / Production designer
• 2016 "If Cats Disappeared from the World" / Akira Nagai: Film director / Art director
• 2017 "AMY SAID" / Taishi Muramoto: Film director / Production designer
• 2017 "I hear Blue Hearts" / Lee Sang-il: Film director / Production designer
• 2018 "Love Is Like After the Rain" / Akira Nagai: Film director / Production designer
• 2018 "FUNKY" / Yuuya Ishii: Film director / Production designer
• 2020 "Detective Chinatown 3" / Chen Sicheng: Film director / Production designer
• 2020 "Eiri" / Kouki Mitani: Film director / Production designer
• 2020 "DAREKA GA, MITEIRU" / keishi Ōtomo: Film director / Art director
• 2021 "I Fell in Love Like A Flower Bouquet" / Film director/ Art director
• 2021 "Character" / Akira Nagai: Film director / Art director

• "Bar Salon de Shimaji" / Bar / Japan, Nishiazabu, Minato-ku / Designer
• "Bar El Laguito" / Bar / Japan, Arakicho, Shinjuku-ku / Yotsuya 3-chome / Designer
• "BAR ENISI" / Bar / Japan, Kitamachi, Nerima-ku / Designer
• "Bar DICE" / Bar / Japan, Ginza, Chuo-ku / Designer
• "STAR BAR" / Bar / Japan, Ginza, Chuo-ku / Designer
• "BILLY" / Bar / Japan, Arakichō, Shinjuku-ku / Shinjuku Golden Gai / Designer
• "Ne Plus Ultra -Ginza-" / Bar / Japan, Ginza, Chuo-ku / Designer
• "Bar Jusakon" / Bar / Japan, Minami-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa / Designer
• "Bar HAGURUMA" / Bar / Japan, Wakamiya-cho, Shinjuku-ku / Kagurazaka / Designer
• "Bar La Hulotte" / Bar / Japan, Motomabu, Minato-ku / Designer
• "-Fish Market lunch- TOTOKICHI" / Washoku / Japan, Shinjuku 3-chome, Shinjuku-ku / Designer
• "Ne Plus Ultra -Roppongi-" / Bar / Japan, Roppongi, Minato-ku / Designer
• "Le Parrain -2-" / Bar / Japan, Shinjuku 3-chome, Shinjuku-ku / Assistant designer
• "Wine Bar Fleur Blanc" / Wine Bar / Japan, Shinjuku 3-chome, Shinjuku-ku / Assistant designer

• 2007 Art Directors Guild Excellent prize
• 2011 The 34th Japan Academy Prize (film) : Excellent art prize
• 2013 The 56th Asia Pacific Film Festival : Excellent art Prize
• 2014 The 37th Japan Academy Prize (film) : Excellent art prize
• 2019 The 59th ACC TOKYO CREATIVE AWARD (Craft Award) : Excellent art prize

• ROJI Co., Ltd.