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 ...

from

Tosa, Kōchi 270px, Niyodo River in Tosa 270px, Aerial view of Tosa city center is a city located in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 26,427 in 12671 households and a population density of 290 persons per km2. The tota ...

. He is most known for the street racing series '' Wangan Midnight'' serialized in

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

's weekly '' Young Magazine'' and which has been adapted into a 26 episode

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

series, a series of video games, and a movie. Other

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

series created by Michiharu Kusunoki include ''J Monogatari'' and ''

Shakotan Boogie is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Michiharu Kusunoki. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1986 to 1996, with its chapters collected in 32 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It foll ...

'' also published by

Works

*''Aitsu to Lullaby'' (1981–1989, serialized in ''

Weekly Shōnen Magazine is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga anthology published on Wednesdays in Japan by Kodansha, first published on March 17, 1959. The magazine is mainly read by an older audience, with a significant portion of its readership falling under the male high ...

'', Kodansha) *''

'' (1986–1996, serialized in ''Young Magazine'', Kodansha) *''Sayonara December'' (1987, Kodansha) *'' Wangan Midnight'' (1993–2008, serialized in ''Young Magazine'', Kodansha) *''J Monogatari'' (1998, Kodansha) *''Tokyo Broker'' (2003, serialized in '' Morning'', Kodansha) *''Wangan Midnight C1 Runner'' (2009–2012, serialized in '' Young Magazine'', Kodansha) *''Eight'' (2012–2013, serialized in ''Young Magazine'', Kodansha) *''Ginkai no Speed Star'' (2014–2015, serialized in '' Big Comic Spirits'',

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...

) *''Kami-sama no Joker'' (as writer, with

Mizu Sahara is a Japanese manga artist, who also writes as . She writes in a variety of demographics, publishing yaoi manga as Sumomo Yumeka and ''seinen'' manga as Mizu Sahara She is best known in the west for ''The Day I Became a Butterfly'' and ''Same C ...

) (2015-2016, serialized in '' Evening'', Kodansha) *''Shutoko SPL -Silver Ash Speedster-'' (2016-ongoing, serialized in ''Monthly Young Magazine'', Kodansha)

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* 1957 births Living people Manga artists from Kōchi Prefecture People from Tosa, Kōchi {{Manga-artist-stub