Yoko d'Holbachie was born in 1971 in Yokohama, Japan and studied design and art at Tama Art University in Tokyo. She has worked for almost ten years as a freelance designer for advertisements, books and magazines, as well as doing design for entertainment and video games.
She teaches art in Tokyo a few days a week and she describes her inspirations as a parrot, a cuttlefish, a slime mold, white wine and static electricity.