Harumaruchi is often called Chi, born in Japan and raised in Singapore. She learned that math is not her strongest subject, so she worked in various fields in Design, Animation and Filmmaking for her last 5 years after graduating in Motion Graphics and Broadcast Design in Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore. 

She is currently based in Kyoto as a Freelance Illustrator for a Muslim Feminist community in Singapore, Beyond the Hijab.

In her free time, she is busy talking to people living aboard in Japan, making ukulele sounds, and writing a blog about “home” in Tumblr: cmfrtlvls

“harumaruchi” is a nickname coined by a clever play of words in her name, combining “Maru” which means circle in Japanese to form this moniker.