is a Japanese

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from Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. He has published his works primarily in

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magazine, ''

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''. He is best known for his long-running baseball manga '' Major'' for which he won the

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in 1996 in the shōnen category. Mitsuda debuted in 1982, winning the Shogakukan Newcomers Award for "Banyū".

Works

Other works

* * (1987)

References

External links

Takuya Mitsuda at Websunday.net
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitsuda, Takuya 1965 births Living people Manga artists from Hiroshima Prefecture People from Fukuyama, Hiroshima