is a Japanese

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. He is best known for '' Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture'' and ''

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''; both of which were adapted into an

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television series.

Career

He made his debut as a manga artist in 1997 with the short story ''Nippon Seifu Chokkatsu Kidō Sentai Kōmuin V'' in the magazine ''

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''. In 1999 he won the

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for the short story ''Kami no Sumu Yama'', which was later collected in the collection ''Hitokiri Ryōma''. His commercial and critical breakthrough came in 2004 with the series '' Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture'', which was serialized in the magazine ''

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''. The series won him the

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and the

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, both in 2008, as well as the

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in 2015. Since 2015 he works on the series ''Madowanai Hoshi'' for the magazine ''

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'', set in a world devastated by

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, in which humanity is forced to live in a dome.

Works

*''Nippon Seifu Chokkatsu Kidō Sentai Kōmuin V'' (日本政府直轄機動戦隊コームインV, 1997) *''Kataribe'' (カタリベ, 1998–1999) *''Kami no Sumu Yama'' (神の棲む山, 1999) *''Shūkan Ishikawa Masayuki'' (週刊石川雅之, 2002–2003) **''Kanojo no Kokuhaku'' (彼女の告白) *'' Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture'' (もやしもん, ''Moyashimon'', 2004–2014) *''Hitokiri Ryōma'' (人斬り龍馬, 2005) *''

'' (純潔のマリア, ''Junketsu no Maria'', 2008–2013) *''Junketsu no Maria Exhibition'' (純潔のマリア exhibition, 2014) *''Teşekkür ederim'' (2014) *''Madowanai Hoshi'' (惑わない星, since 2015)

References

External links

* Manga artists from Osaka Prefecture People from Sakai, Osaka Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General) 1974 births Living people {{manga-artist-stub