Hirokane Kenshi in Taiwan Soochow University

is a

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manga artist from

Iwakuni, Yamaguchi is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. History Iwakuni was formerly the castle town of the Iwakuni han, which was formed by Lord Hiroie Kikkawa after he was banished there for supporting the defeated shōgun. The Kikkawa clan rule ...

. He graduated from

Waseda University , mottoeng = Independence of scholarship , established = 21 October 1882 , type = Private , endowment = , president = Aiji Tanaka , city = Shinjuku , state = Tokyo , country = Japan , students = 47,959 , undergrad = 39,382 , postgrad ...

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 Original." '' NEO'', Jan. 2011, p. 24-25. Hirokane is known for manga that addresses social issues, as well as for creating the best-selling

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 ...

manga ''Hello Hedgehog'', adapted as an original video animation (OVA) called ''Domain of Murder''. He has received numerous awards, including the 1985

Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since ...

for

/general manga as the artist for ''

Human Crossing ''Human Crossing'', originally titled , is a Japanese manga written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane. The manga is about a series of unrelated stories of people's life and their lessons in life. ''Human Crossing'' received ...

'', the 1991 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for ''

Kachō Kōsaku Shima is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane. It depicts the growth and career of a fictional salaryman named Kōsaku Shima. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Morning'', starting with the first series ''Kachō S ...

'', and an Excellence Prize for manga at the 2000

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for ''Tasogare Ryūseigun'' ("Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight"). He is married to manga artist

Fumi Saimon is a female Japanese manga artist and novelist. She is best known for the series '' Tokyo Love Story'', which was adapted as a live-action television series. She won the 1983 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for '' P.S. Genki Desu, Shun ...

. They have a son and a daughter.

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