Toshi Kawano was born in Japan in 1969. He has been working as a professional photographer since 1997 and his work has appeared in ski, snowboard, car and lifestyles magazines. In 2005, he was one of the main photographers for a Tourism Whistler promotion with Bonny Makarewicz, and was a main photographer for Tourism BC both winter and summer '05 and '06. Toshi has had photo exhibitions presented by Canon in Japan and Whistler.