is a Japanese manga artist. Hosono was born in

Ōta, Tokyo is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. In English, it is often called Ōta City. , the ward has an estimated population of 716,413, with 379,199 households and a population density of 12,048.65 persons per km2. The total area ...

. In 1979, he made his debut with ''

Crusher Joe is a series of science fiction novels written by Haruka Takachiho and published by Asahi Sonorama from 1977 to 2005 (an additional trilogy was published between 2013 and 2016). During the late 1970s one of the founding fathers of Studi ...

'' while he was a student at Keio University. Around the same time, he joined the as an animator. He has had stories published in the manga anthology series '' Petit Apple Pie''. Hosono is the author of ''

Gallery Fake is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujihiko Hosono. It was firstly serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' from 1992 to 2005, with its chapters collected in thirty-two ''tankōbon' ...

'' and ''Tarō'' as well, for which two he won

Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since ...

for general manga in 1996.

Works

* ''

Bio Hunter is a Japanese manga series authored by Fujihiko Hosono. It tells the story about two molecular biologists, Koshigaya and Komada who take on humans with strange viruses that make them less human and more demonic. It was serialized in the Sco ...

'' * ''

Dirty Pair is a series of Japanese light novels (the first one being a fix-up) written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions. The first stories that make up the first volume ...

'' (uniform design for TV series and ''

With Love from the Lovely Angels This is a list of episodes of the ''Dirty Pair'' anime series by Sunrise based on the light novels by Haruka Takachiho. The original series ran from July 15 to December 26, 1985. The opening theme song of the series is by Meiko Nakahara and the e ...

'' OVA episodes) * ''

Dokkiri Doctor is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujihiko Hosono. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from March 1981 to February 1982, with its chapters collected in four ''tankōbon ...

'' * * ''

'' * ''Taro'' * ''

Gu Gu Ganmo is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujihiko Hosono. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from 1982 to 1985, and was collected into 12 bound volumes. It was adapted into a fifty-episode ...

'' * '' Judge'' * ''Mama'' * * '' The Qwaser of Stigmata'' (episode 21 end illustration) * ''Castle of Broadcast''

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* 1959 births Living people Manga artists from Tokyo People from Ōta, Tokyo Keio University alumni {{Japan-artist-stub