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 ...

famous for his sports stories. Chiba's works include ''

Ashita no Joe is a Japanese boxing manga series written by Asao Takamori (a pen name of Japanese author and manga writer Ikki Kajiwara, and one that's a variation on his real name) and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba. The story follows a young man named ...

'', his best known work, and ''

Notari Matsutarō is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba about sumo wrestling. Plot Matsutarou Sakaguchi is lazy and quick tempered. As a result, he is stuck in middle school even though he is an adult. One day he gets in ...

''. Many of his early titles are still in print due to continued popularity.

Life

He was born in Chuo,

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, Japan, but lived most of his early childhood in

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when

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was colonized by Japan during the

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. His father was working in a paper factory when they lived in China. At the end of the Sino-Japanese War, Chiba's family lived in the attic of a work-acquaintance of his father until they could find a way to get back to Japan. Two of his younger brothers are manga artists:

Akio Chiba was a Japanese manga artist. Early life On 29 January 1943, Chiba was born in Shenyang, Manchukuo (now part Liaoning, China). His father worked in a paper factory in China. Chiba had two brothers, Tetsuya Chiba and Shigeyuki Chiba. At the en ...

, and Shigeyuki Chiba who is almost completely unknown outside Japan, despite writing many popular sports manga in Japan. Shigeyuki Chiba works under the pen name Taro Nami. In 1950, while in elementary school, he made a manga club with his friends. He created his first official manga, ''Fukushu no Semushi'', (The Hunchback Avenger), in 1956. In 1958, he made his professional debut in '' Shōjo Book'' with ''Butōkai no Shōjo''. In the 1960s, he wrote shōnen and shōjo manga at the same time. In 1965 he married his wife, Yukiko. He is personally friends with

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and

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. He has received several awards for his manga, including the Kodansha Children's Manga Award for ''1, 2, 3, & 4, 5, 6'', Kodansha Culture Award for ''Ore wa Teppei'', and the Japanese Cartoonist Association Award and Shogakukan Manga Award for ''Notari Matsutaro''. In 2001 he was awarded the Award from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for his work on youth sports manga. In July 2012 he was appointed as the chairman of the Japan Cartoonists Association after

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stepped down due to age and health reasons. In Fall 2012 he was awarded with the

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, Gold Rays with Rosette, by the Japanese government. Chiba's series ''Harris no Kaze'', ''Ashita no Joe'', ''Akane-chan'', ''Ore wa Teppei'', ''Ashita Tenki ni Naare'' and ''Notari Masutaro'' have all received anime adaptations. ''Yuki no Taiyou'' received a short pilot film in 1972, which was

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's solo directorial debut, and an animated film for ''Kaze no Yo ni'' premiered in June 2016. In 2015, he left retirement in order to work on the series ''Hinemosu no Tari Nikki'' for

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magazine. The manga is an autobiographical manga about his childhood, experiences from the war and his career as a manga artist.

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's TV show ''Urasawa Naoki no Manben'' featured Chiba's drawing process on the series in 2020. He lives in Nerima, Tokyo. In January 2022, he successfully underwent heart surgery at the age of 82 and then continued working on his current series.

Selected works

Listed chronologically. *''Chikai no Makyū'' (''

Weekly Shōnen Magazine is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga anthology published on Wednesdays in Japan by Kodansha, first published on March 17, 1959. The magazine is mainly read by an older audience, with a significant portion of its readership falling under the male hig ...

'',

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, Jan 1961–Dec 1962, created by Kazuya Fukumoto) *''1•2•3 to 4•5•Roku'' ('' Shōjo Club'', Kodansha, Jan–Dec 1962) *''Shidenkai no Taka'' (''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', July 1963–January 1965) *''

Harris no Kaze is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba, serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' in 1965. It was the first manga to be reprinted as a ''tankōbon'' in 1967 as part of the Kodansha Comics series. Plot The story f ...

'' (''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', Apr 1965-Nov 1967) *''Misokkasu'' (''

Shōjo Friend was a shōjo manga List of manga magazines, magazine formerly published by Kodansha, beginning in 1962. Kodansha used the knowledge gained from publishing magazines aimed at young girls, including ''Nakayoshi'' and ''Shōjo Club'', as well as the ...

'', Kodansha, August 1966–August 1967) *''

'' (''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', January 1968–June 1973, written by Asao Takamori) *''

Akane-chan is a shōjo manga series by Tetsuya Chiba. It was serialized in '' Shōjo Friend'', published by Kodansha, from April to September 1968. It was adapted into a monochrome 1968 Toei anime series with the same name directed by Fusahito Nagaki, ...

'' (''Shōjo Friend'', April 6, 1968–September 29, 1968) *'' Kaze no Yō ni'' (''Shojo Friend'', 1969) *''Hotaru Minako'' (''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', September 1972) *''

Ore wa Teppei is a manga written and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba. It ran in '' Weekly Shonen Magazine'' for nearly eight years and received an anime adaptation in 1977. The series received the Kodansha Cultural Children's Award (not to be confused with ...

'' (''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', August 1973–April 1980) *''

'' (''

'',

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics ( manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the ...

, August 1973–June 1993 and October 1995–May 1998) *''Ashita Tenki ni Naare'' (''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', January 1981–May 1991) *''Shōnen yo Racket o Idake'' (''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', May 1992–June 1994) *''Hinemosu no Tari Nikki'' (ひねもすのたり日記, ''

'', since December 2015)

References

External links

Chiba Tetsuya's blog
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chiba, Tetsuya 1939 births Manga artists from Tokyo People from Chūō, Tokyo Living people Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon Persons of Cultural Merit