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BROOKLYN – The bio on Makoto Endo’s website is short and to the point. It notes that he was born in Niigata, Japan and later schooled in Tokyo. He studied graphic design and illustration and worked for an ad agency there before coming to New York where he became 
creative director of an ad agency.
The bio ads that “he is equally, if not more passionate about his favorite leisure activity – illustration.”
What fuels the passion of this life-long rider are minutely-detailed black ink paintings of motorcycles that he studiously creates using a chopstick.
He’s a familiar sight at motorcycle shows and museums in the region, such as the Progressive International Motorcycle Show in New York, the Rhinebeck Grand National Meet in Rhinebeck, NY and the Motorcyclepedia museum in Newburgh, NY.
One supportive fan calls him “the Leroy Neiman of the motorcycle art world.”
RIDE-CT & RIDE-NewEngland talked with him about his work:
