Born in Japan, Ritsuko Masue spent 9 years in England studying art, before working in London for a design company.

She is involved with various projects, including the NGO "Groundwork" and Warehouse No 3, the contemporary art hothouse down in Fukuoka`s docks.

Quite how she became involved with Go-fubar.mag is a mystery on which she is prone to dwell at length just prior to print deadlines, but she has been its designer and occasional Japanese editor since issue 9.

Her last job before publication of the magazine is to remove from it - by force if necessary - all traces of the editor`s personality.

She enjoys Noh.