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 ...
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
Barista
A barista (; ; from the Italian/Spanish for "bartender") is a person, usually a coffeehouse employee, who prepares and serves espresso-based coffee drinks.
Etymology and inflection
The word ''barista'' comes from Italian where it means a male ...
, 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 associate ...
).
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
is a Japanese weekly seinen manga magazine published by Houbunsha since November 1956. The publisher claims it was Japan’s first weekly manga magazine, and the magazine is published every Friday. While its name resembles that of its sister mag ...
published by
Houbunsha
is a Japanese publishing company founded on July 10, 1950. It is based in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.
Magazines published by Houbunsha
*'' Weekly Manga Times''
*'' Hana Oto''
*''Comic Fuz''
Manga Time magazines
*'' Manga Time''
*'' Manga Time Original' ...
. Afterward he has written a lot of books for some Japanese big publishing companies such as
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of Japanese dictionaries, dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are to ...
,
Nihon Bungeisha
, or , is a book and magazine publisher established in 1959 and based in Chiyoda, Tokyo
is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English.[Shueisha
(lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...]
,
Kodansha 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 screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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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
*Cafe Dream (2005, 5 volumes, art by Osamu Hiramatsu)
*Cheese no jikan (2009, 5 volumes, art by Yoshinobu Yamaguchi)
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China Girl China Girl may refer to:
Music
* "China Girl" (song), a 1977 song by David Bowie and Iggy Pop, rerecorded and released as a single by Bowie in 1983
*"China Girl", a song by John Cougar, released in 1982 on the album '' American Fool''
*"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 a ...
)
*Don na mondai! (2010, 2 volumes, art by
Kanji Yoshikai
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequent ...
)
*
Barista (manga) (2010, 10 volumes, art by
Kumi Muronaga)
*Onmitsu Boucho -Honjitsu mo urei nashi (2015, 4 volumes, art by
Kei Honjou
Kei may refer to:
People
* Kei (given name)
* Kei, Cantonese for Ji(姫)
* Kei, Cantonese for Qi(奇, 祁, 亓)
* Shō Kei (1700–1752), king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
* Kei (singer) (born 1995), stage name of South Korean singer Kim Ji-yeon
* ...
)
*
Today's Burger (2020, 18 volumes, art by
Umetaro Saitani)
*
Aji Ichi Monme
is a Japanese cooking 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 ...
-a series of the Japanese cuisine in the world- (2017, 2 volumes, art by
Yoshimi Kurata
Yoshimi is a unisex Japanese given name and can also be used as a surname.
Possible writings
*佳美, meaning "excellent, beautiful"
*良美, meaning "good, beautiful"
*好美, meaning "like, beautiful"
*芳美, meaning "fragrant, beautiful"
...
)
*
Le Chocolatier Sadique (2020, 2 volumes, art by
Kyuujo Matsumoto)
*
Pasta no ryuugi
Pasta (, ; ) is a type of food typically made from an unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, and formed into sheets or other shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking. Rice flour, or legumes such as beans or lentils, are s ...
(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
Masahiro is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese councillor (''Rōjū'')
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese ski jumper
*, Japanese artist
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese ...
)
References
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Living people
Manga artists from Tokyo
Japanese screenwriters
Year of birth missing (living people)