was a Japanese

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born in Isesaki City,

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, Japan, and the older brother of Mitsuru Adachi. Tsutomu was an assistant to

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, and was known as one of the "Four Protegés of Akatsuka". According to his

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, his definitive works include ''Jitsuroku Adachi Mitsuru Monogatari'', ''Nigun no Hoshi Hanpa-kun'' (a gag comic serialized in the educational magazine ''Jūichi Course'', published by

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) and ''Tamagawa-kun''. Tsutomu was very influential in creating the way for his younger brother, Mitsuru, to become a manga artist. He also described his younger brother as the "new star of the gag

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world.". He made his manga debut while in his second year of

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. After moving to

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, he won the 1st ''

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'' Rookie of the Year award in 1968. Mitsuru said that he would not be the person he is today if it were not for his brother, and that Tsutomu was the one who got him to leave his small hometown in Gunma Prefecture to see the world. Adachi died of

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on June 18, 2004.

Works

*''Jitsuroku Adachi Mitsuru Monogatari'' (the story of his brother's rise to fame,

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) *''Nigun no Hoshi Hanpa-kun'' (

) *''Tamagawa-kun''

References

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