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 real name is pronounced the same way, but is written with the kanji . He graduated from Niigata Prefectural Muramatsu High School two years prior to

Yoshifumi Kondō was a Japanese animator who worked for Studio Ghibli in his last years. He was born in Gosen, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He worked as an animation director on ''Anne of Green Gables'', ''Sherlock Hound'', ''Kiki's Delivery Service'', '' Only Yest ...

. After graduation, he attended Wakō University where he studied

fine art In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork ...

s. In 1972, Yanagisawa won an honorable mention in the 4th Tezuka Shō Manga Story contest for his story ''Makeru na Kisaburō'' (submitted under his real name). His contemporary,

Kazuhito Kurosaki Kazuhito (written: 一仁, 和仁, 和人 or 数人) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese composer *, Japanese comedian *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese baseball ...

, also won second place in the same contest. In 1978, he won the 3rd

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 shōnen for ''

Tonda Couple is a shōnen manga series by Kimio Yanagisawa. It won the 1979 Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen. It was adapted into a 1980 film directed by Shinji Sōmai and starring Shingo Tsurumi and Hiroko Yakushimaru. Cast *Shingo Tsurumi * Hiroko ...

''.

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Ketteiban! Yanagisawa Kimio World!
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yanagisawa, Kimio 1948 births Living people Manga artists from Niigata Prefecture Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōnen)