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 ...
.
His best known work is ''
Tsuribaka Nisshi
is a Japanese fishing-themed manga series written by Jūzō Yamasaki and illustrated by Kenichi Kitami. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Big Comic Original'' since 1979. It won the 28th Shogakukan Manga A ...
'' with art by
Kenichi Kitami. Yamasaki originally wrote screenplays for
Toei, but was laid off and decided to pursue a career in manga instead. He has won both the
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 ...
and
Kodansha Manga Award
is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in three categories: '' shōnen'', '' shōjo'', and general. The awards began in 1977, initially w ...
for ''Tsuri Baka Nikki'' and ''Okashina Futari'' respectively.
Works
* drawn by
Kenichi Kitami
* drawn by
Kenichi Kitami
* drawn by
Hideaki Hataji
* drawn by
Mitsuru Adachi
is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School in 1969, Adachi worked as an assistant for Isami Ishii. He made his manga debut in 1970 with ''Kieta Bakuon'', based on a manga originally crea ...
* co-written with
Sentarō Kubota and drawn by
Mitsuyoshi Sonoda
was a Japanese manga artist. During the time in which manga was often distributed through lending libraries, Sonoda used the pen name .
His best known works are '' Akatasuki Sentōtai'', '' Sangokushi'' and ''Akakichi no Eleven''. ''Akatasuki ...
* drawn by
Mitsuru Adachi
is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School in 1969, Adachi worked as an assistant for Isami Ishii. He made his manga debut in 1970 with ''Kieta Bakuon'', based on a manga originally crea ...
* drawn by
Mitsuru Adachi
is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School in 1969, Adachi worked as an assistant for Isami Ishii. He made his manga debut in 1970 with ''Kieta Bakuon'', based on a manga originally crea ...
* drawn by
Mitsuru Adachi
is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School in 1969, Adachi worked as an assistant for Isami Ishii. He made his manga debut in 1970 with ''Kieta Bakuon'', based on a manga originally crea ...
* drawn by
Kei Sadayasu
Kei may refer to:
People
* Kei (given name)
* Kei, Cantonese for Ji(姫)
* Kei, Cantonese for Qi(奇, 祁, 亓)
* Shō Kei (1700–1752), king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
* Kei (singer) (born 1995), stage name of South Korean singer Kim Ji-yeon
* P ...
* drawn by
Kinichi Kitama
* drawn by
Kenichirō Takai
* drawn by
Kenshi Hirokane
is a Japanese manga artist from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. He graduated from Waseda University with a degree in law, then worked for Matsushita Electric for four years, before making his manga debut in 1974 with ''Kaze Kaoru''."Manga Snapshot: Big Comic ...
* drawn by
Mitsuru Adachi
is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School in 1969, Adachi worked as an assistant for Isami Ishii. He made his manga debut in 1970 with ''Kieta Bakuon'', based on a manga originally crea ...
* drawn by
Mamoru Uchiyama
* drawn by
Mitsuo Hashimoto
* drawn by
Kenji Okamura
References
External links
Japanese Interview with Jūzō Yamasaki
1941 births
Living people
Manga artists from Miyazaki Prefecture
Writers from Miyazaki Prefecture
People from Miyakonojō
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