Shinobu Kaitani
Japanese: 甲斐谷忍He received the prestigious Tezuka Prize in 1991 for Mou Hitori no Boku (Another Me). In 1993, his series Suisan Police Gang was serialized in Shoukan Shounen Jump. In 1995, he co-illustrated the series Sommelier in the magazine Manga Allman to great acclaim. His baseball series One Outs, ended its run in Business Jump with 20 tankoubon released.
His current serial is Weekly Young Jump's Liar Game, which has been adapted into two seasons of a highly-rated drama series as well as a forthcoming movie.
Hobbies: horses, travel
Special skill: calligraphy, spoon bending
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Other mangaka with same romaji name:
1. Yūki^^^Satō (佐藤祐紀)
2. Yuuki Satou (さとうユーキ)
佐藤友生, Yūki Satō's works:
- 2007 - 妖怪のお医者さん [Youkai no Oisha-san]
- 2011 - うしろノしんでれさん [Ushiro no Shindere-san]
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- 2014 - トモダチゲーム [Tomodachi Game]
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Usamaru Furuya
Usamaru Furuya (古屋兎丸) is a Japanese manga creator from Tokyo. His production covers a variety of art styles and genres, such as horror, humour, slice-of-life, erotica, sci-fi, always with a personal surrealistic touch. Society oppression and the human condition are common themes in his body of work.
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Furuya showed an interest in comics making since elementary school. He graduated from Tama Art University, where he had studied sculpture and oil painting.
His manga career started in the alternative magazine 'Garo', in which he published a series of one-page comics called Palepoli (1994-1995). He then worked on Short Cuts (1996-1999), a gag manga serialised in the mainstream magazine 'Weekly Young Sunday'. Other short stories from the same perio -
Naoki Urasawa
Urasawa Naoki (浦沢直樹) is a Japanese mangaka. He is perhaps best known for Monster (which drew praise from Junot Díaz, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner) and 20th Century Boys.
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Urasawa's work often concentrates on intricate plotting, interweaving narratives, a deep focus on character development and psychological complexity. Urasawa has won the Shogakukan Manga Award, the Japan Media Arts Festival excellence award, the Kodansha Manga Award and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. In 2008 Urasawa accepted a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University.
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- Pineapple ARMY (パイナップルARMY) 1985-1988, written by Kazuya Kudo;
- YAWARA! 1986-1993;
- Master Keaton (MASTERキートン) 1988-1994, written by Hokusei Ka -
Riichiro Inagaki
He is a mangaka from Tokyo, Japan. He debuted in October 2001 with Nandodemo Roku Gatsu Jū San Hi, and also wrote for the magazine Square Freeze and Love Love Santa, published in November 2001 and in February 2002 respectively. He later moved to Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, in wich he won the 7th "Story King" section in the same year.
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Yūki Satō
Librarian notes: There is more than one author using the same name.
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Other mangaka with same romaji name:
1. Yūki^^^Satō (佐藤祐紀)
2. Yuuki Satou (さとうユーキ)
佐藤友生, Yūki Satō's works:
- 2007 - 妖怪のお医者さん [Youkai no Oisha-san]
- 2011 - うしろノしんでれさん [Ushiro no Shindere-san]
- 2012 - 探偵犬シャードック [Tanteiken Sherdock]
- 2014 - トモダチゲーム [Tomodachi Game]
- 2014 - 明智警部の事件簿 [Akechi Keibu no Jikenbo]
- 2018 - 恋ニ非ズ [Koi ni Arazu] -
Tsugumi Ohba
Tsugumi Ōba (Profile in Japanese: 大場 つぐみ), born in Tokyo, Japan, is a writer best known for the manga Death Note. His/her real identity is a closely guarded secret. As stated by the profile placed at the beginning of each Death Note manga, Ōba collects teacups and develops manga plots while holding his knees on a chair, similar to a habit of L, one of the main characters of the series.
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There is speculation that Tsugumi Ōba is a pen name and that he is really Hiroshi Gamō. Pointing out that in Bakuman the main character's uncle was a one-hit wonder manga artist who worked on a gag super hero manga, very similar to Gamō and Tottemo! Luckyman in all aspects. Also that the storyboards drawn by Ōba greatly resemble Tottemo! Luckyman in style. -
Hideo Yamamoto
山本英夫 Yamamoto Hideo , is a Japanese manga artist best known for the manga series "Ichi the Killer" (which was adapted into a live-action film in 2001) and the series, Homunculus (manga).
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Recurring themes in his manga are crime, sexual deviations, and psychology. -
Syougo Kinugasa
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* Syougo Kinugasa / Shōgo Kinugasa (English)
* 衣笠彰梧 (Japanese) -