#kinya ota

[a-state-of-bliss]

Odda Magazine #8 2015 - Nora Vai by Kinya Ota

[arutai]

Anne Hathaway by Kinya Ota

[warningsine]

Betty Gilpin by Kinya Ota

I have brown hair naturally, and when you have brown hair, you’re allowed to be sarcastic and smart and have life experience. When I had brown hair, I played a lot of crack addicts and lesbians and people who had lived hard lives. When I died my hair blonde, it was way more bimbos. I definitely feel like a craggy old character actress inside; I feel more connected to darker sardonic characters. A lot of people see blonde hair and big boobs, and they write characters that are either super confident or have lines like, “I said orchids!” They’re mean and one-dimensional, and leave at the beginning so the pixie dream girl can have the guy. I like the challenge of making the blonde with big boobs just as insane as the brunette.

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[black-is-no-colour]

ELLE Kazakhstan April 2022. All, Maison Margiela by John Galliano. Photographer Kinya Ota, Model Taira

[stylish-editorials]

Tao Okamoto photographed by Kinya Ota for Harper’s Bazaar Kazakhstan (December 2017/January 2018)

[lyssahumana]

Tao!

[artfulfashion]

Tao Okamoto photographed for Harper’s Bazaar Kazakhstan, January 2018, by Kinya Ota; styled by Anna Katsanis

[arutai]

Kiko Arai by Kinya Ota