Ryo Sugimoto

Ryo Sugimoto is a Japanese art director. Born in 1976. He is the Representative Director and President of “ROJI Co., Ltd.”. In 1997, he apprenticed under production designers Yohei Taneda and Mitsuo Harada as an art assistant. After working as a set designer on films such as "Bokoku no Aegis" (2005) and "Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad" (2007), he made his debut as a production designer (art director) on the 2007 film "Chameleon", directed by Junji Sakamoto.Since then, he has served as production designer (art director) on numerous productions.

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 2011, he won the Excellence in Art Direction Award at “the 34th Japan Academy Film Awards” for the film "Villain"(released September 2010), directed by Lee Sang-il. In 2014, he won the Excellence in Art Direction Award at “the 37th Japan Academy Film Awards” for the film "Unforgiven"(released September 2013), also directed by Lee Sang-il. In 2019, he won the Craft Award at “the 2019 59th ACC TOKYO CREATIVE AWARD” for the "Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company, Limited ‘Thinking Man Series’". In 2026, he won the Excellence in Art Direction Award at “the 49th Japan Academy Film” Prize for the film "SUZUKI=BAKUDAN" (released October 31, 2025), directed by Akira Nagai.

Recent projects include Akira Nagai's "Love Is Like After the Rain" (released May 2018), Director Chen Sicheng's "Detective Chinatown 3" (released Jan. 2020), Director Keishi Ōtomo's "Eiri" (released Feb. 2020), Director Kouki Mitani's "Someone Is Watching" (streamed Sept. 2020), Director Nobuhiro Doi's "I Fell in Love Like A Flower Bouquet" (released Jan. 2021), Akira Nagai's "Character" (released June 2021), Ayuko Tsukahara's "1st Kiss" (released February 7, 2025), Genki Kawamur's "Exit 8" (released August 29, 2025), and Junji Sakamoto's "Teppen no Mukou ni Anata ga Iru" (released August 29, 2025), among others.

In addition, he is active in a wide range of fields, including commercials, music videos, and interior design.