, real name Shūji Satō (佐藤修司 ''Satō Shūji'', born December 19, 1957, in

Kutchan is a town located in Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Kutchan lies slightly north of the volcano Mount Yōtei, and is approximately 50 kilometers west of Sapporo. The subprefecture government offices are located in this town, making it ...

, Abuta District,

Hokkaidō is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The la ...

), 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 ...

. Yuki graduated from Kutchan High School. He is a member of the artist group known as

Headgear Headgear, headwear, or headdress is the name given to any element of clothing which is worn on one's head, including hats, helmets, turbans and many other types. Headgear is worn for many purposes, including protection against the elements, de ...

. In 1991, his manga ''

Mobile Police Patlabor , also known as ''Patlabor'' (a portmanteau of "patrol" and "labor"), is a Japanese science fiction media franchise created by Headgear, a group consisting of manga artist Masami Yūki, director Mamoru Oshii, screenwriter Kazunori Itō ...

'' received the 36th

Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan, 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 ...

for shōnen.

Works

*'' Aliens Next Door'' (1

tankōbon is the Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or cultur ...

) *''

Assemble Insert is a 1985 manga series by Masami Yuki (best known for his manga and anime series ''Mobile Police Patlabor''). The main character is a young would-be idol singer and high school student, Maron Namikaze, who has superhuman strength. She battle ...

'' *'' Atom: The Beginning'' *''

Birdy the Mighty is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Yuki. His initial attempt with the story ran in Shogakukan's ''Shōnen Sunday Zōkan'' from 1985 to 1988, but it was eventually abandoned. Over a decade later, Yuki began a rebo ...

'' **Original version: 1 tankōbon **Remake: 20 tankōbon as of October 2008 *'' Birdy the Mighty: Evolution'' ** 13 tankōbon as of October 2012 *'' Doyō Wide Satsujin Jiken'' (1 tankōbon, co-authored with

Miki Tori , also known as Micky Bird or Mickey Bird, is a Japanese manga artist, character designer, essayist, and screenplay writer. Tori has won multiple awards for his work, including two Seiun Awards (in 1994 for ''Dai-Hon'ya'', and in 1998 for ''SF Ta ...

) **'' Doyō Wide Satsujin Jiken: Kyōto Waraningyō Satsujin Jiken'' (1 tankōbon) *''

Jaja Uma Grooming Up! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Yuki. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from October 1994 to September 2000, and compiled into 26 ''tankōbon'' volumes. Plot ''Jaja Uma Grooming Up!'' dep ...

'' (26 tankōbon, 14 bunkoban) *'' Kyūkyoku Chōjin R'' (5 bunkobon) *'' Magical Lucy'' *''

Mariana Densetsu Mariana may refer to: Literature * ''Mariana'' (Dickens novel), a 1940 novel by Monica Dickens * ''Mariana'' (poem), a poem by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson * ''Mariana'' (Vaz novel), a 1997 novel by Katherine Vaz Music *"Mariana", a so ...

'' (3 tankōbon) *''

Pangea no Musume Kunie Pangaea or Pangea () was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It assembled from the earlier continental units of Gondwana, Euramerica and Siberia during the Carboniferous approximately 335 million y ...

'' (5 tankōbon) *''

Parody World A parody, also known as a spoof, a satire, a send-up, a take-off, a lampoon, a play on (something), or a caricature, is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satiric or ironic imitation. Often its subj ...

'' *''

'' (22 tankōbon, 11 wideban, 11 bunkoban) *''

Shinkurō, Hashiru! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Yuki. It was first serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Big Comic Spirits'' from January 2018 to October 2019, and later transferred to ''Weekly Big Comic ...

'' (11 tankōbon as of September 2022) *''

Yamato Takeru no Bōken was originally the area around today's Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a name for the whole of Japan. Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial House of Japan. Japanese his ...

'' *''

Yūki Masami no Hateshinai Monogatari Yuki, Yūki or Yuuki may refer to: Places * Yuki, Hiroshima (Jinseki), a town in Jinseki District, Hiroshima, Japan * Yuki, Hiroshima (Saeki), a town in Saeki District, Hiroshima, Japan * Yūki, Ibaraki, a city on Honshu island in Japan * Yuki, ...

'' (2 tankōbon) Yuki is also the designer of the avatar mascot for the

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Gumi.

References

External links

Yūki Masami Official Site
(in Japanese) 1957 births Living people Manga artists from Hokkaido {{manga-artist-stub