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 ...

. He won the

Kodansha Manga Award is one of Japan's major manga awards. The event is sponsored by publisher Kodansha. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga in its third iteration since 1977. Categories The award was originally called the until 1968. In 1970, it was ...

for shōnen for '' Gakuto Retsuden'' ( ja) in 1982 and the

Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga 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 history in earlier Japanese art. The term is ...

twice, for shōnen for '' Musashi no Ken'' in 1984 and for general manga in 1996 for ''Ron'', serialized in

Big Comic Original is a Japanese manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at an older adult and mostly male audience. It is a sister magazine to the manga magazine '' Big Comic'', the biggest difference being that it goes on sale twice a month in the weeks ...

from 1991 to 2006. In 1998, he received an Excellence Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival for ''Ron''. '' Jin'' won the Grand Prize at the 2011

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Current ...

. On a list published in the beginning of August 2011, he ranked as the 35th best-selling manga artist since January 2010, with 1,901,000 copies sold.

Works

*'' Musashi no Ken'' *'' Jin''

References

External links

Official Website
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at The Ultimate Manga Guide 1951 births Living people Manga artists from Tokyo Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōnen) People from Setagaya {{manga-artist-stub