is a Japanese
manga artist
A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan.
Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...
. In his early years, he also used pen names and for his earlier adult-oriented works. He was born in
Matsumae District,
Fukushima, Hokkaido and graduated from
Waseda University's Department of Literature.
Bibliography
(Manga works as Tou Moriyama not listed)
* (1984) ''Hora Konna ni Akaku Natteru''
* (1986) ''Makasensasei!''
* (1986)
* (1987) ''Kiwamete Kamoshida''
* (1988) ''Gomen ne B-Boy''
* (1989) ; English translation: ''
Dance till Tomorrow
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Yamamoto. It is a romantic comedy which details the life of Suekichi Terayama, a student who will inherit a fortune when he graduates from college and gets married with unexpecte ...
'' (1999)
* (1990) ''Blue''
* (1992) ''Bokura wa minna ikite iru''
* (1992) ''Young & Fine''
* (1992)
* (1993) ''Yume de aimashou''
* (1993) ''Kamoshida-kun Fight!''
* (1994) ''Kimi to itsu made mo''
* (1994) ''Koke Dish''
* (1994) ''Summer Memories''
* (1994) is a four volume
manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) 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 prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...
by Yamamoto appearing 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 va ...
and published by
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...
. It was adapted into a live-action film directed by
Masaaki Odagiri in 1996. ''Arigatō'' is a story about how a Japanese family's life goes wrong.
* (1997) ''Fragments''
* (1999)
* (2000)
* (2002) ''Anju no Chi''
* (2005) ''Aozora''
* (2007) ''Red'', won the Japanese government's
Japan Media Arts Festival manga award for 2010
Contributed works
* ''Angelium'' (
OVA
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...
): Color Checking
* ''Dark'' (OVA): Finishing Supervision
* ''Hooligan'' (OVA) : Finishing
* ''
Sousei no Aquarion'' (TV) : Digital Paint (ep 6)
Under the name Tō Moriyama
* (OVA)
** "Tō Moriyama Special I: Five Hour Venus"
** "Tō Moriyama Special II: Afterschool XXX"
** "Tō Moriyama Best Hit: It May Be So"
* (OVA)
References
External links
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Manga artists from Hokkaido
Anime character designers
Waseda University alumni
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