Toshi is an independent typeface designer in London. He graduated from the Visual Communication Design course at Musashino Art University in Tokyo in 2008 and the MA Typeface Design program at the University of Reading in 2011. During his time at Monotype from 2012 to 2020, he has released a number of revival typefaces such as Metro Nova, Neue Plak, and Welthold Wolpe Collection, as well as custom typefaces for international brands such as H&M. He now runs his own studio. Writing systems of his interest and specialty are not only limited to Latin but others, including Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Tibetan, and Mongolian. Toshi is also an avid gamer, and has written Arcade Game Typography, a specimen book of pixelated typefaces from retro arcade games. His other hobbies include blades and knives, Rubik's cube, and shrimp keeping.