is a

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manga artist. He is best known as the author of the

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manga , which was adapted as a 58-episode

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television series and for which he received the 1988

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for

children's manga and refer to manga and anime directed towards children. These series are usually moralistic, often educating children about staying in the right path in life. Each chapter is usually a self-contained story. History ''Kodomo'' manga started ...

. He also later created a manga adaption of ''

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''. He began his career as an assistant to

Kenshi Hirokane is a Japanese manga artist from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. He graduated from Waseda University with a degree in law, then worked for Matsushita Electric for four years, before making his manga debut in 1974 with ''Kaze Kaoru''."Manga Snapshot: Big Comic ...

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* 1955 births Living people Manga artists from Hokkaido People from Hakodate Rikkyo University alumni {{manga-artist-stub