Koukan Fujimura was born in 1953 in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. He is an artist of Ichimatsu-Doll. On the occation of the performance in Chicago in 1983 he awarded Seattle-honorary citizen. In 2000 he authorized an intangible cultural asset in Sumida-ward, Tokyo. In 2002 He got the Tokyo Governor-Award. In 2010 he changed his name from Meikou to Koukan.