Ichi Hatano is an artist working out of Tokyo, Japan. He has been tattooing since 1998 and has tattooed around the world in the United States, England, and Germany.

Backpiece featuring a samurai.

Japanese woman backpiece.

3/4 sleeve with a fantastic dragon.

His specialty is the traditional Japanese style of irezumi. His work is bold and precise. Ichi has brilliant attention to detail, and his work is full of the Japanese culture and tradition that people go to him for, from around the world.

Brilliant koi backpiece.

3/4 sleeve with beautiful clouds as the background.

Half sleeve of cherry blossoms, clouds, and wind.

Colourful Oni looking ready for a fight.

Samurai and a dragon in a delicate embrace.

Gruesome Namakubi.

Beautiful, tiny peony flower.

Great contrast in this sleeve between the bright and dark.

Ichi Hatano is a must see artist if you’re in Tokyo.