Koutarou Chiba

Birth name: Koutarou Chiba (千葉 光太郎)

Birthplace: Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Current residence: Toda, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Blood type: B

Education: Department of Architectural Engineering, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University

Chiba is a visual novel illustrator best known for his character artwork in several early-to-mid 2000s titles. His work appears in Symphonic Rain (2004), Hitsuji no Hakobune (2005), and Natsumero (2007)—all produced by studios like Kogado Studio and AcaciaSoft. He's active on Twitter at @siro700.