Kentaro Yano

Make-up Artist / Special Make-up Effects

Contact : (310) 927-6535 / kenyano@gmail.com

 
FILM & TV

2013
  "TRANSCENDENCE" (Alcon Entertainment)
 

- Make-up Artist
- Construction and Application of Prosthetic Make-up
  "RAY DONOVAN" - Season 1 (Showtime)
 

- Make-up Artist
- Tattoo Designs and Transfers

2012
  "THE COUNSELOR" (Scott Free Productions)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers
  "OUT OF THE FURNACE" (Scott Free Productions)
 

- Tattoo Drawing and Transfers for Mr. Ken Diaz for Mr. Christian Bale, Mr. Casey Affleck and Mr. Woody Harrelson's characters
  "RIPPER STREET" (BBC)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers
  "THE WEDDING BAND" (TBS)
 

- Make-up Artist

2011
  "LINCOLN" (Touchstone Pictures)
 

- Additional Make-up Artist
  "THE DARK KNIGHT RISES" (Warner Bros.)
 

- Additional Prosthetic Application for "Bane"
- Crowd Make-up Co-Supervisor
- Tattoo Designs and Transfers
  "YELLOW" (Yellow Productions)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers
  "OUTSOURCED" (NBC)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers
  "THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO" (Columbia Pictures)
 

- Assistant to Mr. Donald Mowat and Mr. Love Larson for Prosthetic Application
  "NCIS : Los Angeles" - Season 2 : Episode 16 (CBS)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers

2010

  "NCIS" - Season 8 : Episode 12 (CBS)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers
  "OUTLAW" - Season 1 (NBC)
 

- 3rd Make-up Artist
  "DEXTER" - Season 5 (Showtime)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers
  "HORRIBLE BOSSES" (Warner Bros.)
 

- Tattoo Application on Mr. Jamie Foxx
  "A BETTER LIFE" (Summit Entertainment)
 

- Additional Make-up Artist
  "THOR" (Paramount Pictures)
 

- Body Suit Painting
2009
  "BLACK SWAN" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers for Ms. Mila Kunis' character
  "BURLESQUE" (Screen Gems)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers for Ms. Kristen Bell's character
  "SONS OF TUCSON" - Season 1 (20th Century Fox Television)
 

- Injury and Character Make-up
  "NCIS : Los Angeles" - Season 1 (CBS)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers for Mr. LL Cool J's character
  "DEXTER" - Season 4 (Showtime)
 

- Injury and Corpse Make-up
  "BEASTLY" (CBS Films)
 

- Tattoo Transfers for Alterian Inc
  "LIE TO ME" - Season 1: Episode 12,13 (20th Ccentury Fox Television)
 

- Injury Make-up
2008
  "LIFE" - Season 2 : Episode 12 (NBC)
 

- Tattoo Designs, Transfers and Application
  "DEXTER" - Season 3 (Showtime)
 

- Injury and Corpse Make-up
  "LEVERAGE" - Season 1 : Episode 7 (TNT)
 

- Burn Scar Application
  "BROOKLYN'S FINEST" (Warner Bros.)
 

- Tattoo Transfers and Application on Mr. Ethan Hawke
  "WEEDS" - Season 4 : Episode 5,12,13 (Showtime)
 

- Injury Make-up

  "G.I. JOE : THE RISE OF COBRA" (Paramount Pictures)
 

- 3rd Make-up Artist

2007
  "BROTHERS" (MGM)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers for Mr. Jake Gyllenhaal's character
  "SNAKES AND EARRINGS / HEBI NI PIASU" (GAGA USEN)
 

- Tattoo Transfers

  "ROLE MODELS" (Universal Pictures)
 

- Background Make-up

  "HANCOCK" (Columbia Pictures)
 

- Assistant Make-up Artist for Ms. Judy Murdock for Mr. Will Smith
- Tattoo Designs and Transfers

  "WEEDS" - Season 3 : Episode 9 (Showtime)
 

- Tattoo Application

  "FIRST SUNDAY" (Sunday Show Pictures)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers
  "DEXTER" - Season 2 (Showtime)
 

- Corpse Make-up
- Tattoo Transfers
  "MIRRORS" (New Regency)
 

- Injury Appliances for Mr. Kiefer Sutherland's character
  "MONK" - Season 6 : Episode 3 (Universal Network Television)
 

- Tattoo Designs, Transfers and Application
  "FOOTBALL WIVES" - Pilot (Touchstone Television Productions)
 

- Bald Cap Application on Mr. Ving Rhames' Stunt Double
  "THE UNIT" - Season 2 : Episode 19 (20th Ccentury Fox Television)
 

- Construction and Application of New Guinea Scarification
- New Guinea Tribal Make-up
- Tattoo Transfers
2006
  "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN III" (Walt Disney Pictures)
 

- Tattoo Design, Transfers and Application for Mr. Johnny Depp's character
- Additional Make-up Artist for Background Pirates
  "EPIC MOVIE" (Regency)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers
  "BLADES OF GLORY" (DreamWorks SKG)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers for Mr. Will Ferrel's character
  "FREEDOM WRITERS" (Paramount Pictures)
 

- Additional Make-up Artist
2005
  "NIGHT STALKER" (ABC)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers
  "HOUSE" - Season 2 : Episode 1
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers for Mr. LL Cool J's Character
  "X-MEN : THE LAST STAND" (20th Century Fox)
 

- Tattoo Transfers

  "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN III" (Walt Disney Pictures)
 

- Tattoo Designs for Asian Pirates for Mr. Ken Diaz
  "WALKOUT" (HBO)
 

- Additional Make-up Artist (1968 Beauty Make-up)
  "LET'S GO TO PRISON" (Prison Pictures LLC)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers for Inmate characters
  "MAD COWGIRL" (Dir. Greg Hatanaka)
 

- Blood effects and Prosthetic
  "FOUR BROTHERS" (Paramount Pictures)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers for Mr. Mark Wahlberg's character
- Injury Appliances
2004
  "STEEL CITY" (Your Half Pictures)
 

- Character Make-up and Tattoo Application on Mr. Raymond J. Barry
  "Y NADA MAS" (Zendustry Pictures)
 

- Make-up / Tattoos
  "SCRUBS" (NBC)
 

- Design and Application of Portrait Tattoo on Mr. Zach Braff
  "WAR OF THE WORLDS" (DreamWorks SKG)
 

- Tattoo Design and Transfers for Mr. Tom Cruise's character
  "THE LEGEND OF ZORRO" (Columbia Pictures)
 

- Construction of Wooden Denture
- Lab Technician for Mr. Ken Diaz
  "I LOVE LUCAS" - Pilot (Archangel's Feather Productions)
 

- Key Make-up Artist
  "AM 1200" (Dir. David Prior)
 

- Key Make-up Artist / Special Make-up Effects
  "BEAUTY SHOP" (MGM)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers for Mr. Bryce Wilson's character
  "ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13" (AP13 Productions Inc.)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Transfers
- Injury Appliances
2003
  "COLLATERAL" (DreamWorks SKG)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Application for Aryan characters
- Tattoo Application on Mr. Mark Ruffalo
  "DODGEBALL" (20th Century Fox)
 

- Tattoo Designs
  "UNTIL THE NIGHT" (Pathfinder Pictures)
 

- Key Make-up Artist (Mr. Norman Reedus, Ms. Sean Young,
Ms. Kathleen Robertson, Ms. Sarah Lassez)
  "NIP/TUCK" (FX)
 

- Tattoo Designs
  "ROCK'N ROLL GUNMAN" (Hoochie Coochie Man Production)
 

- Artificial Human Heads
- Mask, Prop
  "MASTERPIECE" (Free Man Productions)
 

- Key Make-up Artist (Character Make-up)
- Artificial Human Head
- Design and Construction of practical Guillotine
2002
  "ALONG CAME POLY" (Universal Pictures)
 

- Tattoo Design for Ms. Jennifer Aniston's character for Mr. Ken Diaz
  "DICKIE ROBERTS : Former Child Star" (Paramount Pictures)
 

- Tattoo Designs and Application on Mr. Emmanuel Lewis
  "EL PADRINO" (El Padrino Productions L.L.C.)
 

- Tattoo Application on Ms. Jennifer Tilly
  "THE DREW CAREY SHOW" (Warner Bros.)
 

- Tattoo Design for Mr. Ken Diaz
 

"RED DRAGON" (Universal Pictures)
 

- Conceptual Drawing and Application of Tattoo on Mr. Ralph Fiennes for Mr. Ken Diaz
  "007 / DIE ANOTHER DAY" (MGM)
 

- Sculpting, Molding and Casting of Prosthetic Injury Appliances
for Mr. Pierce Brosnan’s character for Mr. Ken Diaz
2001
  "TRAINING DAY" (Warner Bros.)
 

- Conceptual Drawing and Application of Gang-Tattoos
- Sculpting, Molding and Casting of Prosthetic Injury Appliances for Mr. Ken Diaz
2000
  "FIDEL" (Showtime / Milk & Honey Productions)
 

- Sculpting, Molding and Casting of Prosthetic Injury Appliances
for Mr. Ken Diaz
  "THE SALTON SEA" (Warner Bros. / Castle Rock Entertainment)
 

- Conceptual Tattoo Drawing for Mr. Val Kilmer's character
for Mr. Ken Diaz
  "FURY" (Leo Films)
 

- Special Make-up Effects (A Bullet Hole in an Eyeball)
  "POPULAR" (Warner Bros.)
 

- Construction and Pre-painting of Custom-made Baldcaps
for Mr. Ken Diaz
1999
  "THE DIAMOND NOSE" (RD Productions)
 

- Designing, Construction and Application of Prosthetic Nose Appliances
- Prop Bust
  "THE PERFECT STORM" (Warner Bros.)
 

- Conceptual Tattoo Drawing for Mr. Ken Diaz
  "BEFORE NIGHT FALLS" (Fine Line Features)
 

- Lab Technician for Mr. Ken Diaz
(Prosthetic Appliances for Mr. Sean Penn's Cuban character)
  "CAMERA OBSCURA" (Fish Eye Films, LLC)
 

- Make-up (Mr. Adam Trese)
- Special Make-up Effects (Injuries, Corpse and Character Make-up)
  "PRICE OF GLORY" (New Line Cinema)
 

- Sculpting, Molding and Casting of Prosthetic Appliances
for Mr. Jay Wejebe (Boxing Injuries)
  "THE ADVENTURE OF ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE" (Universal Pictures)
 

- Molding, Casting and Pre-painting of Prosthetic Appliances
for Mr. Robert De Niro's character for Mr. Ken Diaz
1998
  "THE SPECIALS" (Regent Entertainment)
 

- Assistant Make-up Artist for Ms. Akiko Matsumoto
- Airbrush Make-up on Mr. Jamie Kennedy
  "JAMES DRABINSKY" (The End, Inc.)
 

- Artificial Vampire Teeth
  "SUPER FREAKS" (Super Freaks Productions)
 

- Assistant Make-up Artist for Ms. Akiko Matsumoto
- Artificial Teeth
  "LOST DOG" (Dir. Ray Yoshimoto)
 

- Key Make-up Artist
  "AFTER ONE CIGARETTE" (Moon Beach Entertainment)
 

- Make-up Artist (60's Make-up)
  "A DOG OF FLANDERS" (Warner Bros.)
 

- Conceptual Drawing & Lab Technician for Mr. Ken Diaz
(Prosthetic Appliances for Mr. Jon Voight’s character)
  "WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE" (Warner Bros.)
 

- Lab Technician for Mr. Ken Diaz
(Prosthetic Old Age Appliances)
1997
  "MORI NO NAKA" (Dir. Yoshinori Tanaka)
 

- Artificial Human Arm
  "MEMORY" (Free Man Productions)
 

- Key Make-up Artist / Special Effects
  "SIX-STRING SAMURAI" (Palm Pictures / HSX Films)
 

- Key Make-up Artist / Hair
  "ONI NAKI YAMA" (Steel Rainbow Project)
 

- Prosthetic Make-up (Japanese Devil)
1996
  "THE ARCHES BEYOND" (Dir. Spiros Diamantis)
 

- Key Make-up Artist
  "U-TURN" (TriStar Pictures / Phoenix Pictures)
 

- Lab Technician & Conceptual Drawing for Mr. Ken Diaz
(Prosthetic Appliances for Mr. Jon Voight's character)
  "ANACONDA" (Columbia Pictures)
 

- Lab Technician for Mr. Ken Diaz
(Prosthetic Scar & Injury Appliances for Mr. Jon Voight's character)
  "FIRST DAUGHTER" (First Daughter Production)
 

- Key Make-up Artist (Old Age & Beauty Make-up)
 

"ROSEWOOD" (Warner Bros. / Peters Entertainment)
 

- Lab Technician for Mr. Ken Diaz (Prosthetic Injury Appliances)
1995
  "SOUND" (Size, Inc.)
 

- Special Make-up Effects (Injuries)
  "JACK" (Hollywood Pictures / American Zoetrope)
 

- Lab Technician for Mr. Ken Diaz (Old Age Make-up)
  "MEN ARE FROM PLUTO" (Cygnus Productions)
 

- Key Make-up Artist (Beauty Make-up)
  "ETERNAL LIFE" (Dir. Minoru Kurimura)
 

- Key Make-up Artist (Prosthetic & Beauty Make-up)
  "FEFU AND HER FRIENDS"
 

- Key Make-up Artist (Beauty Make-up)
  "SPIDER'S THREAD" (Dir. Patrick T. Yu & Yuriko Senoo)
 

- Key Make-up Artist
  "HEAT" (Warner Bros. / Regency)
 

- Lab Technician for Mr. Ken Diaz (Tattoo)
  "COBWEB" (Free Man Productions)
 

- Key Make-up Artist
  "ARIRANG" (Jinho Productions)
 

- Key Make-up Artist / Tattoo
  "CYBER KIDZ" - Series (United Productions, Inc.)*
 

- Sculptor / Lab Technician / Prosthetic Application
for CINEMORPH EFFECTS
1994
  "JAP" (Dir. Marcos Soriano)
 

- Assistant Make-up Artist for Mr. Luis Garcia
  "CASINO" (Universal Pictures)
 

- Lab Technician for Mr. Ken Diaz (Prosthetic Injury Appliances)
  "MY FAMILY / MI FAMILIA" (New Line Cinema / American Zoetrope)
 

- Assistant Make-up Artist for Mr. Ken Diaz & Mr. Mark Sanchez
(who were nominated for Academy Award)
(Old Age and Beauty Make-up, Tattoo)
  "CYBER KIDZ" - Pilot (United Productions, Inc.)
 

- Sculptor / Lab Technician for CINEMORPH EFFECTS
1993
  "SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN TO MY LIFE" (“N” Production)
 

- Make-up Artist
VIDEO - CM - PHOTO
2010
  "THE SADDEST THING I KNOW" Birds of Tokyo's Music Video
 

- Tattoo Transfers and Application
2006
  "IN THE MOOD" Kyosuke Himuro's CD Cover (BEATNIX)
 

- Tattoo Transfers and Application
2005
  "MIAMI INK" Commercial (TLC)
 

- Tattoo Transfers and Application
  "UNPREDICTABLE" Jamie Foxx's Music Video
 

- Application of Tattoo on Mr. Jamie Foxx
2004
  "WHATEVER" Jill Scott's Music Video (DNA)
 

- Old Age Stipple on Ms. Jill Scott
  "HEIWA" Commercial (PLK)
 
- False Ear Piercing Hole
2003
  "AT&T" Commercial
 

- Tattoo Application
2001
  "BURGER KING" Commercial
 

- Tattoo Design and Application for Mr. Ken Diaz
2000
  "B-SIDE" Keplyn's Music Video (Urban Warrior Films)
 

- Artificial Pregnant Stomach
1998
  THE RED ELVISES's Music Video (F.M. Rocks)
 

- Key Make-up Artist
1996
  D.O.'s Music Video
 

- Designing and Application of Tattoo
1994
  Karaoke Video (JVC)
 

- Assistant Make-up Artist for Ms. Akiko Matsumoto
SKILLS
  - Make-Up (Beauty, Character)
- Designing, Construction and Application of Prosthetic Make-Up
- Sculpting (Oil Clay, Water Clay, Super Sculpy)
- Painting, Airbrushing, Drawing
- Mold Making (Stone, Silicone, FRP, etc.)
- Artificial Tattoo
- Facial Hair
- Props
- Adobe Photoshop