(born 15 September 1963 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese
manga artist
A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan.
Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...
. He received the 38th
Shogakukan Manga Award
The is one of Japan's major manga
Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier J ...
for general manga in 1993 for ''Miyamoto kara Kimi e''.
His manga ''
The World Is Mine'' was chosen by the editors of ''
Pulp'' for their Manga Hell list of controversial manga.
He attended
Kawawa High School
Kanagawa Prefectural Kawawa High School (神奈川県立川和高等学校, ''Kanagawa Kenritsu Kawawa Kōtōgakkō'') is a high school in Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, Japan, founded in 1962. The school is operated by the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of ...
and graduated from the
Meiji University
, abbreviated as Meiji (明治) or Meidai (明大'')'', is a private research university located in Chiyoda City, the heart of Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1881 as Meiji Law School (明治法律学校, ''Meiji Hōritsu Gakkō'') by three Meij ...
.
Works
* ''Hachigatsu no Hikari'' (1 volume)
* ''
Miyamoto kara Kimi e'' (12 volumes)
* ''
Itoshi no Irene'' (6 volumes originally, reprinted in 2)
* ''Amanatsu'' (short story collection, 1 volume)
* ''
The World Is Mine'' (14 volumes, reprinted in 5)
* ''
Kiichi!!'' (9 volumes)
* ''
Kiichi VS'' (11 volumes, serialized in ''
Big Comic Superior
is a semimonthly seinen manga magazine published since July 1, 1987 by Shogakukan in Japan. Its target audience is somewhere between the audience for '' Big Comic Original'' and ''Big Comic Spirits''. The magazine has published works by a numbe ...
'')
* ''Sugar'' (8 volumes)
* ''Rin'' (3 volumes, serialized in ''Bessatsu Young Mangazine'' - sequel to ''Sugar'')
References
1963 births
Living people
Manga artists from Kanagawa Prefecture
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