is 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 bef ...

. Soda studied at

Nihon University , abbreviated as , is a private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice, in 1889. It is one of Japan's leading private universit ...

, but left prior to graduating. He worked as an assistant for

Taku Kitazaki is a Japanese manga artist. His major works include ''Angel Cop'', which was made into an anime series, and ''Tatoeba Konna Love Song''. In 2006, his manga ''Cupid No Itazura Nijidama'' was made into a TV drama. He also did some work to suppor ...

, and debuted in 1990 with ''GET ROCK'', published in ''

Magazine Special was a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by Kodansha and first launched with a cover date of September 5, 1983. Its audience demographic is geared toward younger teenage boys, and contents tend to be predominantly sports stories and high ...

''. His most notable series are ''

Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masahito Soda. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from September 1995 to June 1999. The manga has been licensed in North America by Viz Media. An anime film ...

'' and ''Subaru''. In 1997 Soda won the

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 ''

'', and in 2005 he won the

Kodansha Manga Award is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in three categories: '' shōnen'', '' shōjo'', and general. The awards began in 1977, initially ...

for ''

Capeta ''Capeta'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masahito Soda. The manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for the '' shōnen'' category in 2005. The series consists of three separate arcs. The first is about Capeta's first expe ...

''.

Selected works

* ''Get Rock'' * (about

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, made into a 2008 film starring Yuichi Nakamura) * ''

'' - published in '' Shonen Sunday'' * published in ''

Big Comic Spirits is a weekly Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980. Food, sports, romance and business are recurring themes in the magazine, and the stories often question conventional va ...

'' * ''

'' * ''Moon: Subaru Solitude Standing'' published in ''Big Comic Spirits'' * published in ''Big Comic Spirits''

Art Books

* * * ''Capeta: The Guidebook''

References

External links

Masahito Soda's Home Page
* 1968 births Living people People from Tokyo Manga artists from Tokyo Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōnen) Nihon University alumni {{Manga-artist-stub