Since the early 1990s, Yanobe has been incorporating the theme of survival in present-day society into his work, creating numerous large-scale mechanical sculptural works that may be attached to one’s body or ridden and controlled.

In 1997, he visited Chernobyl wearing Atom Suit - biginning of Atom Suit Project -.

With the dawning of the 21st century, Yanobe shifted to the theme of revival, and in 2003, he held the exhibition Megalomania, the culmination of his work up to that time, at The National Museum of Art, Osaka (on the site of Osaka Expo ‘70 world’s fair).

In 2004, he created The City of Children Project during a six-month residency at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.

Yanobe is continuing to develop creative activities that transcend established artistic forms, with such projects as Kindergarten (Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2005), The World of Torayan (Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, 2007), ULTRA(Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2009) and Suito Osaka-Aquq Metropolis Osaka- 2009: Torayan ‘s Great Adventure(Osaka City etc., 2009).

Kenji Yanobe lives in Osaka.