is a

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

manga artist. He made his debut in 1971 under the pen name writing shōnen manga, but he switched in the 1980s to

seinen is an editorial category of Japanese comics marketed toward young adult men. In Japanese, the word ''seinen'' literally means "youth", but the term "''seinen'' manga" is also used to describe the target audience of magazines like '' Weekly Ma ...

manga. He is best known for '' Natsuko's Sake'', which was adapted as a live-action television series. Oze won the 1986

Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since ...

for shōnen manga for ''Hatsukoi Scandal'' and ''Tobe! Jinrui II''.

Selected works

* (1978, 1 volume) * (1981–1986, 18 volumes) * (1986–1987, 7 volumes) - story by Masao Yajima * (1988–1991, 12 volumes) * (1992–1994, 7 volumes) * (1994–1997, 9 volumes) * (2001–2004, 8 volumes)

References

External links

Official Website
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