Hawaiian artist Rick Kapi'i Coito's specialty is contemporary Hawaiian and Polynesian art.

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Born and raised on O'ahu, his interest in art began modestly. He went from drawing on school desks to scarring friends in high school with inferior tattoo equipment. Realizing he needed to seriously improve his skills, he undertook an apprenticeship at the Polynesian Tattoo Factory under Suluʻape Riccy Boy in 2006.

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Rick spent the next four years transforming himself from rank amateur into a professional tattoo artist. Since then he has tattooed in Japan, American Samoa, New York City, Chicago, Washington, Oregon, Las Vegas and throughout the Hawaiian islands.

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In 2010 he joined Suluʻape Akiu "Q" Sale and the House of Ink tattoo crew where he worked in both the Kailua and Waikiki shops.  There he explored more in the tattoo genre as well tattoo machine tuning and rebuilding helping to expand his skill set.

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In 2012 Rick worked with Laura Naylor and the crew at Monarch Tattoo in Hauʻula where he began to sharpen his tattoo repertoire working on projects of different tattoo styles.

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He believes it is his kuleana (responsibility) to explore his roots, perpetuate the Hawaiian culture and produce art. Each tattoo Rick creates is one of a kind and is hand drawn on the wearer. 

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In 2020 Rick opened Holomua Tattoo. Aside from working on contemporary Polynesian tattoos he also does Color, black and grey, realism, lettering, and other styles as well.