(April 7, 1969 – June 15, 2010
) was 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 ...
and manga gensakusha from
Ehime Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,342,011 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 5,676 km2 (2,191 sq mi). Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Toku ...
. He is best known for writing the manga ''
Alive -Saishū Shinkateki Shōnen-''.
Career
Kawashima made his professional debut with ''
Daughter Maker'', which ran in
Kōdansha
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'' and ...
's ''
Monthly Shōnen Magazine Zōkan Great''. From October 2003 to October 2009, Kawashima collaborated with
Adachitoka
is the collective pen name used by female manga artists and . The former draws the foreground and characters, while the latter draws the backgrounds.
The duo started out as an assistant to Motohiro Kato, before being put in charge of illustr ...
to create ''
Alive -Saishū Shinkateki Shōnen-'', which was published in Kōdansha's ''
Monthly Shōnen Magazine''. Kawashima succumbed to
liver cancer
Liver cancer (also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy) is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can be primary (starts in liver) or secondary (meaning cancer which has spread from elsewhere to th ...
on June 15, 2010, and died at the age of 41,
having finished ''Alive'' on his deathbed.
Bibliography
* ''Daughter Maker'' (2000–2001
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 ...
)
* (2003–2010 Kodansha); English translation: ''
Alive: The Final Evolution'' (2008—
Del Rey Manga)
References
External links
Shion- Homepage
1969 births
2010 deaths
Manga artists from Ehime Prefecture
Deaths from liver cancer
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