Shiseido : Masa Ohtake Receives GLOBE EDUCATOR AWARD 2017

Masa Ohtake (Masayoshi Ohtake), a renowned Japanese hair ＆ makeup artist who also serves as the principal of Shiseido Beauty Academy, won the GLOBE EDUCATOR AWARD 2017 of the world's prestigious beauty elite group, 'Intercoiffure Mondial (I.C.D Mondial)'*1. This award was established in 2012 within the Academy Awards, one of the seven categories of the group's awards*2 to be presented to the most outstanding beauty educators in the world. The award ceremony was held on Tuesday, May 16 at Rihga Royal Hotel in Osaka (Kita-ku, Osaka), Japan.

Furthermore, to celebrate 50 years of his contribution to the beauty industry, an anniversary event will be held on Tuesday, June 27 at Shiseido Beauty Academy, where Masa Ohtake started his career as a beauty artist 50 years ago and has been serving as the principal since 2009. At the event, Masa and seven of his pupils who have taken over his techniques and play active roles around the world as Shiseido's top hair ＆ makeup artists*3, will present hair ＆ makeup shows.
*1 The global headquarters of Intercoiffure (hereinafter I.C.D). Beauty artists from Switzerland, Germany and the U.K gathered in Hamburg, Germany in 1925 and formed an organization named Internationale Gesellschaft der Damen-Coiffeure (IGDC) to promote beauty activities in the hair and fashion industries around the world.
*2 'Personalities of the year', 'Créateurs de Mode', 'Intercoiffure Mondial Artistic Team 2017-2018', 'Industry Awards', 'Academy Awards', 'Fondation Guillaume', 'Prestige Awards for Partner Studios'.
* 3 A group of artists who offer the world top-level hair ＆ makeup techniques and contribute to further development of the beauty industry altogether through innovating and communicating the state-of-the-art beauty. The group consists of seven artists, namely, Tadashi Harada, Yoshiko Jinguji, Yumiko Kamata, Hirofumi Keira, Miyako Okamoto, Noriko Okubo and Setsuko Suzuki.