is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for writing

cooking manga , also known as , is a genre of Japanese manga and anime where food, cooking, eating, or drinking is a central plot element. The genre achieved mainstream popularity in the early 1980s as a result of the "gourmet boom" associated with the Japanese ...

series such as ''

Mister Ajikko is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Terasawa about a young boy cook. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1986 to 1989, with its chapters collected in ninete ...

'' and '' Shōta no Sushi'', which earned him twice the Kodansha Manga Award for '' shōnen'' in 1988 and 1996 respectively. Both series have been adapted as dramas, the latter as a

live-action Live action (or live-action) is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live-action with animation to create a live-action animated film. Live-action is used to define film, video ...

television series, the former as the first cooking

anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...

television series.

Works

* , 1986–1989, 10 volumes * , 1990–1991, 4 volumes * , 1992–1997, 27 volumes * , 1997–2000, 17 volumes * , 2001, 4 volumes * , 2002–2009, 16 volumes * , 2003–2012, 13 volumes

References

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at The Ultimate Manga Guide 1959 births Living people Manga artists from Hyōgo Prefecture Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōnen) People from Kobe {{manga-artist-stub