 A self-proclaimed professional collector who continues to study the ecology of people obsessed with collecting. He is the author of "Bottomless! The World of Big League Cards" (Sairyusha), "Hitokui Eiga Matsuri" (Tatsumi Shuppan), "MUGEN no Hondana" (Chikuma Shobo), "Record Koshi no Sengo Shi" (P-VINE), and other books all related to collecting. His latest book is "Yusha to Tank to Monster 1978~2018☆My 40 Year History of Video Games" (Komakusa Shuppan), which looks back on his own relationship with video games.

 Akihito Tomisawa

 Katsumi Murata

 In the 12th installment of "Friday's Collecting Genjin," a compilation of Akihito Mimisawa's continuing coverage of collectors, Hiroki Terai collects "test scribbles. He says he has 45,000 items from 108 countries around the world. What can we see from these "trial scribbles"?

The world and national character ooze out! The Unsuspected World of “Test Writing” at Stationery Stores

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