is a Japanese

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. He is best known as the creator of '' Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer'', '' Sengoku Youko'', '' Spirit Circle'', and the

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television series '' Planet With''. His former assistants include Kenta Ishizaka, Akira Sagami, and Seto Ichiri.

Biography

Mizukami was born in

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on February 20, 1980. He decided to become a manga artist at a young age and began drawing manga while in middle school. During this time, he was influenced by the anime '' Mashin Hero Wataru,'' the manga '' Ghost Sweeper Mikami'', and light novels such as ''

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''. Later influences include

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works, particularly '' FLCL''. Mizukami graduated from the Osaka Technical School of Integrative Design's Department of Manga. In 2004, during the serialization of ''Angel Onayami Sōdanjo'', he moved to the

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and established a workplace in

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where he currently resides. Mizukami often depicts himself as a frog or wearing a frog mask.

Works

Manga

Anime

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mizukami, Satoshi Manga artists from Osaka Prefecture Artists from Osaka 1980 births Living people