, real name , was a Japanese manga artist. He specialized in manga with ecological messages. His most famous manga was ''

Fisherman Sanpei is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Takao Yaguchi. The manga was serialised in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1973 to 1983. Kodansha has published the manga's 57 '' bound volumes'' between July 5, 2003 and October 5, ...

'', which won the Kodansha Children's Manga Award in 1974.

Biography

Takao Yaguchi was born on 28 October 1939 in Nishinaruse-mura, Ogachi District, Akita Prefecture, in the

Empire of Japan The also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was a historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II Constitution of Japan, 1947 constitu ...

. He served as director on the board of directors for the

Japan Cartoonists Association The , established April 1, 2014, is a Japanese public interest incorporated association and professional association of manga artists. Its predecessor was a voluntary organization of the same name founded on December 15, 1964. As of November 20 ...

, and was an honorary director of the Masuda Manga Art Museum in Yokote. He died on 20 November 2020 after being admitted to the hospital for treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Bibliography

* (1970-1971, ''

Weekly Shōnen Sunday is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' issues are released on Wednesdays. ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' has sold over 1.8billion copies since 1986, ...

'') * (1972-1974, ''Top Comic'' (

Akita Shoten is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Teio Akita on 10 August 1948. As of 2020, the company's president is Shigeru Higuchi. Magazines Male-oriented manga magazines ''Shōnen'' magazines * – Bimo ...

)) * (1972-1983, ''

Weekly Manga Action is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Futabasha. It is currently published twice a month, on the first and third Thursday. The magazine was originally formed as and began publishing weekly from July 7, 1967. It is considered the f ...

'') * (1973, ''

Weekly Shonen Magazine Weekly, The Weekly, or variations, may refer to: News media * ''Weekly'' (news magazine), an English-language national news magazine published in Mauritius *Weekly newspaper, any newspaper published on a weekly schedule *Alternative newspaper, als ...

'') * (1973-1975, 3 volumes, ''Weekly Manga Action'') * ''

'' (1973-1983, 65 volumes, ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'') * (1975-1976, 3 volumes, ''

Manga Action is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Futabasha. It is currently published twice a month, on the first and third Thursday. The magazine was originally formed as and began publishing weekly from July 7, 1967. It is considered the firs ...

'') * (1976, Kasakura Publishing) * (1977, 3 volumes, ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'') * (1978-1979, 3 volumes, ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'') * (1983-1984, '' Comic Morning'') * (1983-1985, 11 volumes, ''Manga Action'') * (1988-1990, 7 volumes, ''Mainichi Chŭgakusei Shinbun'') * (1988-1992, 4 volumes, ''Chŭkō Comics Three'') * (1989, ''

Mainichi Shinbun The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by In addition to the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English language news website called ''The Mainichi'' (prev ...

'') * (1989-1990, 3 volumes, ''

Big Comic is a semimonthly Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga List of manga magazines, magazine published since 18 February 1968 by Shogakukan in Japan. It was originally launched as a monthly magazine, but switched to twice monthly on the 10th and 25th begin ...

'') * (1993-1995, ''

Shimbun Akahata is the daily organ of the Japanese Communist Party in the form of a national newspaper. It was founded in 1928 and currently has both daily and weekly editions.

'', a somewhat autobiographical account of his junior high school years) * (1993-1995 and 2008-2009, ''Shōsetsu Chŭkō'', a somewhat autobiographical account of his years as a banker) * (manga adaptation of the work by Bashō, volume 25 in the series, 1995,

Chuokoron-Shinsha is a Japanese publisher. It was established in 1886, under the name . In 1999, it was acquired by The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, and its name was subsequently changed to Chūōkōron-shinsha. Profile The company publishes a wide variety of mater ...

) * (created by Yukio Togawa, 1995-1998, '' Monthly Big Gold''). Contains the following short works: ** ** ** ** * (1998-1999, ''Comic Alpha'') * (1999-2002, ''Crazy Bass'')

Awards and recognition

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yaguchi, Takao Manga artists from Akita Prefecture 1939 births 2020 deaths Deaths from cancer in Japan Deaths from pancreatic cancer