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Canvas & SkinThe Virginia–Carolina Creative Coast

Japanese

Drawn from Irezumi tradition — large-scale compositions, mythological and natural imagery, and flowing backgrounds.

Japanese artists by municipality

Virginia Beach (4)Isle of Wight County (1)Norfolk (1)

Artists working in Japanese

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Chipi Camposeco

Virginia Beach

Tattoo artist at Inkcredible Tattoo Studio specializing in Japanese, freehand, realism, and large-scale custom tattoos, with 14+ years of professional experience.

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Tommy Altman

Virginia Beach

Owner of Sandbridge Tattoo. Focuses on black and grey and traditional Japanese work, drawing on a background in oil painting.

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Jacob Woods

Virginia Beach

Tattoo artist specializing in anime, American traditional, Japanese traditional, and neo-traditional styles. His individual profile remains live on Sandbridge Tattoo's site, but as of the Phase 5A audit (2026-08-10) he is absent from the studio's current artist roster listing — his current affiliation could not be confirmed either way.

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Sam Rutledge

Virginia Beach

Tattoo artist at Studio evoLve. Enjoys illustrative, American traditional, and Japanese traditional styles, while working across many others.

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Matt Williams

Isle of Wight County

Owner of James River Tattoo, with over two decades in the tattoo industry and more than 13,000 lifetime tattoos completed. Apprenticed under Kent "The Dixie Devil" Keaton in San Diego starting in 2003, then worked 4.5 years with J.D. Crowe at Ancient Art Tattoo and 14 years at Folk City Tattoo before opening James River Tattoo in 2025.

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Arvin (AK Champloo)

Norfolk

Tattoo artist at Slow Ride Tattoo & Gallery in Norfolk, originally from Yokosuka, Japan. Licensed in May 2023, specializing in Japanese traditional (Irezumi) work with bold lines and blackwork, drawing on Ukiyo-e woodblock print imagery.

Often tagged alongside Japanese

Other styles the same artists are also tagged with — not a claim that the styles themselves are related, only that they share artists.