is a Japanese manga artist, known for his ''

seinen is an editorial category of Japanese comics marketed toward young adult men. In Japanese, the word ''seinen'' literally means "youth", but the term "''seinen'' manga" is also used to describe the target audience of magazines like '' Weekly Ma ...

'' works. He won the Topic Award of the 2005 Sense of Gender Awards for ''

Ressentiment In philosophy and psychology, ''ressentiment'' (; ) is one of the forms of resentment or hostility. The concept was of particular interest to some 19th century thinkers, most notably Friedrich Nietzsche. According to their use, ''ressentiment'' i ...

'' and was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th

Manga Taisho Manga (Japanese language, 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 ...

for '' I Am a Hero''. His series ''

Boys on the Run is a Japanese manga series by Kengo Hanazawa. It was adapted into a live action film in 2010 and a drama in 2012. Plot A 29-year-old lonesome salesman falls in love with an attractive woman from work but he has a rival that ends up being wi ...

'' was adapted into a

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film in 2010. He formerly worked as Osamu Uoto's assistant.

Works

* ''Ressentiment'' (2004–2005, ''

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 ...

'',

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 H ...

) * ''

'' (2005–2008, ''Big Comic Spirits'', Shogakukan) * '' I Am a Hero'' (2009–2017, ''Big Comic Spirits'', Shogakukan) * ''

Under Ninja is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kengo Hanazawa. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Young Magazine'' since July 2018. An anime television series adaptation is set to premiere in 2023. Plot The ninja organ ...

'' (2018–present, ''

Weekly Young Magazine is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha. The magazine was started on June 23, 1980 and is targeted at the adult male ( ''seinen'') demographic. It was published bimonthly (under the title ), on the seco ...

'', Kodansha)

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* Living people 1974 births Manga artists from Aomori Prefecture People from Hachinohe {{manga-artist-stub