is a Japanese

manga artist A manga artist, also known as a mangaka (), is a Cartoonist, comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist before entering the indus ...

and a manga script writer especially well known in the gourmet manga field. Almost of his works are written about people involved in food industries, such as a coffee shop owner, a cheese shop owner, a

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, a hamburger shop owner, or a traditional Japanese cuisine chef (

Itamae An is a cook in a Japanese kitchen or a chef of a large restaurant. The term can be translated literally as "in front of the board," referring to a cutting board. ''Itamae'' as sushi chef In the western world, an ''itamae'' is often associated w ...

Career

In 2005 he started his manga writing career when he wrote the script of ''Cafe Dream'', drawn by Osamu Hiramatsu, in Weekly Manga Times published by

Houbunsha is a Japanese publishing company founded on July 10, 1950. It is based in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. History of Houbunsha In 1946, the founder, Yoshichika Koso, proclaimed the vision of establishing Shobunkan to provide entertainment through publishi ...

. Afterward he has written a lot of books for some Japanese big publishing companies such as

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...

Nihon Bungeisha , or , is a book and magazine publisher established in 1959 and based in Chiyoda, Tokyo , known as Chiyoda City in English,Shueisha is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The ...

Kodansha is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Eveni ...

and so on.
His books are translated and published in Asian and European countries include France, Belgium, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand etc.
In 2014 he also started his career as a

Screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

when he wrote the script of an action movie whose title is ''Ankoku no tatakai(Battle in the darkness)'', directed by Takayuki Yamaga.

Works

Manga

*Coffee Dream (2005, 5 volumes, art by Osamu Hiramatsu) *Cheese no Jikan (2009, 5 volumes, art by Yoshinobu Yamaguchi) * China Girl (2009, 1 volumes, art by

Kei Aoyama was a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from the Department of Visual Communication Design at Musashino Art University. He made his professional debut in 2003 with the one-shot "", winning ''Monthly Ikki'' magazine's Ikiman award for rookie ...

) *Don na Mondai! (2010, 2 volumes, art by Kanji Yoshikai) * Barista (manga) (2010, 10 volumes, art by Kumi Muronaga) *Onmitsu Boucho ~Honjitsu mo Urei Nashi~ (2015, 4 volumes, art by

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) * Today's Burger (2020, 18 volumes, art by Umetaro Saitani) * Aji Ichi Monme - Sekai no Naka no Washoku (2017, 2 volumes, art by Yoshimi Kurata) * Le Chocolatier Sadique (2020, 2 volumes, art by Kyuujo Matsumoto) * Pasta no Ryuugi (2022, 3 volumes, art by Umetaro Saitani)

Film

*Ankoku no Tatakai (Battle in the Darkness) (2014, directed by Takayuki Yamaga) *Koroshi no Gundan Pt. 1 (2015, directed by ) *Koroshi no Gundan Pt. 2 (2015, directed by Yoshihisa Yamamoto) *Charisma Yakuza (2017, directed by Masahiro Asao)

References

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