was a Japanese mangaka, manga artist. A dropout of Nagoya University, his best-known work is the manga series.

Biography

Ogino's first manga was ''Peacock King''. It was serialized in ''Weekly Young Jump'' from 1986 to 1989, and was published in 17 tankōbon volumes. It follows the adventures of a Buddhist monk who is a member of a secret organization that specializes in demon hunting. The stories involve all sorts of religion and mythology folklore. It was adapted into an OVA series ''Spirit Warrior'' and live-action film in 1988. Ogino followed up with which ran ''Young Jump'' magazine from 1990 to 1992, and was published by Shueisha in 11 volumes. Ogino worked on a third ''Peacock King'' series, , which was serialized in ''Young Jump'' from 2006 to 2010 for a total of 12 volumes. This continues Kujaku's adventures from Taimaseiden. It focuses on ancient Japan's gods and mythos as it branches from in the middle of the Taimaseiden story line. His fourth series ran in ''Monthly Big Comic Spirits'' since 2012 and has been published by Shogakukan in 6 volumes. Along with ''Rising'', he published starting in 2012 for the magazine ''Comic Ran Twins''. Ogino was an honorary professor of the Shanghai Institute of Visual Art of Fudan University and Master (college), Master of The Beijing DeTao Masters Academy. Ogino died at 59 on April 29, 2019, due to renal failure.

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* * 1959 births 2019 deaths Manga artists from Gifu Prefecture Nagoya University alumni {{manga-artist-stub