is a Japanese

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. Writing and drawing gritty manga about the Japanese underworld, he is best known for ''

Ushijima the Loan Shark is a Japanese manga series by Shohei Manabe. The series was serialized in Shogakukan's '' Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' magazine from May 2004 to May 2019. It was adapted into a live action television drama series in 2010 and into a l ...

'' (2004–2019), which won the

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and spawned several films and series.

Life and work

Manabe was born in

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, where he was inspired to become a mangaka by reading ''

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'' in primary school. His one-shot ''

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'' (2000) was about an illegal transporter of dead bodies getting in trouble with the

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and the

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killers. It was adapted into a live action film in 2011. '' Dead End'' (2001–2002), in four volumes, is a

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story where mutated humans are used as weapons. Manabe launched ''

'' in ''

Weekly Big Comic Spirits is a weekly Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980. Food, sports, romance and business are recurring themes in the magazine, and the stories often question conventional val ...

'' in 2004 and ended it in March 2019, after 46 volumes. The manga depicts the life and activities of a ''yamikin'', a Japanese loan shark, in a detailed and realistic way. During the 2010s, it was adapted into a live-action TV series, which ran for three seasons, and four live-action films. His '' Kujō no Taizai'' series has been serialized since October 2020.

Awards

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Manabe, Shohei Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 20th-century births 21st-century Japanese male artists Manga artists from Kanagawa Prefecture