Masayuki Fujikawa

Masayuki Fujikawa was trained by Mr. Masahiko Kimura for ten years, and became captain of his apprentices. After his father passed away, Masayuki took over the Fujikawa Hosei-en Nursery as owner of the second generation.

He is a professional bonsai artist and puts a lot of effort into Kindai-Bonsai magazine.

He participated in many exhibitions in and outside of Japan, and was a demonstrator at meetings in Europe and China.

Masayuki Fujikawa was one of the demonstrators at the 8th World Bonsai Convention in 2017.

He is member of the Nippon Bonsai Growers Cooperative, and member of the Nippon Bonsai Association.

He is chairman of the Ippin-ten Exhibition (North Kanto Bonsai Growers Cooperative). He received the most honorable title in Japan, Prime Minister Award for the 43rd Nippon Bonsai Sakufu-ten Exhibition.

Ryan Neil

Ryan Neil was born near the wild nature of the Rocky Mountains.

After six years of intensive study with Mr. Masahiko Kimura, he returned to Portland, Oregon, where he founded ‘Bonsai Mirai’.  As a bonsai professional and a visual artist, he brings bonsai to a level of fine art.  According to Ryan, the art of bonsai reflects the relationship between nature, culture and individual human beings. He shares his knowledge to achieve this to local bonsai enthusiasts and worldwide by his demonstrations, workshops and on line.

He was the initiator of The Artisans Cup in Portland, a major successful bonsai exhibition which set very high standards to American bonsai.

His bonsai compositions express the vast array of landscapes that people can recognize. It inspires a lot of us to proceed in this form of art.

A lot of you will remember Ryan from his demonstrations at the Trophy a few years ago.

Gabriel Romero Aguadé

Gabriel Romero Aguadé decided very early in life that he wanted to work with bonsai. He started his  education in the BonsaIkebana school in Barcelona. After his studies, he became a professional bonsai teacher and artist in that same school.

His artistic life was influenced strongly by Master Noboru Kaneko with whom he studied in Japan.

In 2003 he founded his own bonsai school ‘Bonsai Sant Boi’ where he transmits his bonsai knowledge continually to his students. He maintains private bonsai collections and gives workshops to clubs.

His preferred bonsai species are Junipers. All styles and characters can be formed in Juniper trees.

Vaclav Novak

Vaclav Novak became interested in bonsai after a lecture of Mr. Hideo Kato in Prague in 1982. First bonsai was a hobby, but after 8 years he started Bonsai Centrum in his native town Libochovice in 1990. Together with his partner Karel Kalouš they were setting up gardens, took care of the nursery and grew bonsai.

Vaclav Novak is a very active person in the different organisations of the bonsai scene. First he was co-founder of the local Bonsai Club Libochovice. Later the Czech Bonsai Association was founded on his initiative. He was elected president, and organised the 2003 EBA-ESA Convention in Jihlava.

Since 2004 he was a board member of the European Bonsai Association.

In the meanwhile he has given demonstrations and workshops in a several European countries, and in Brasil, USA, Vietnam and China etc.

Vaclav is one of the few bonsai artists who has put at least one bonsai at each of every 19 former Trophies !