Ben Kimura | |
|---|---|
木村べん | |
| Born | 1947 |
| Died | February 18, 2003 (aged 56) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Known for | Erotic illustration |
Ben Kimura (Japanese: 木村べん, Hepburn: Kimura Ben, 1947 – February 18, 2003) was a Japanese gay erotic artist. Kimura, along with George Takeuchi and Sadao Hasegawa, is noted by artist and historian Gengoroh Tagame as a central figure in the second wave of contemporary gay artists that emerged in Japan in the 1970s.[1]