Kyoko Maruoka is the Japanese cross stitch designer behind the 'Gera!' cross stitch brand. She started cross stitch for making her nephew's birth sampler in 1997. She enjoyed to cross stitch designs from various countries. Then she started to draw her original patterns in 2006 and sold her patterns all over the world as well as Japan. She especially loves to design cross stitch charts in modern and nostalgic themes. She lives in Tokyo and likes art and reading books!