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 ...
, born in
Mannō, Kagawa. He is the writer and illustrator of the baseball manga ''
Ace of Diamond'' which won the 2008
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 ...
in the category.
In 2010, it won the 34th
Kodansha Manga Award in the category.
References
1974 births
Living people
Manga artists from Kagawa Prefecture
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