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Ryūichi Yokoyama
Ryūichi Yokoyama (; May 17, 1909 – November 8, 2001) was a Japanese mangaka and animation director. He has created very successful ''yonkoma'' comic strips since the 1930s. Life Yokoyama was born in Kōchi, Kōchi, Kōchi; his parents were silk wholesalers. After finishing high school, he moved to Tokyo and worked as a sculptor apprentice. He started to submit comics to magazines, and soon his works got serialized. His series ''Edokko Ken-chan (''江戸っ子健ちゃん'')'', created in 1936, quickly achieved great success and was the first manga to be adapted as a live-action film (1937). In the same year, the ''Fuku-chan'' (フクちゃん) spin-off came out, which became the most popular manga of its time and influenced several other artists, including Osamu Tezuka. It appeared in 5534 strips in the ''Mainichi Shimbun'' newspaper from 1936 to 1971, making it one of the longest-running Japanese comic strips. The stories focus on the little boy Fukuo "Fuku-chan" Fuchida and hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokoyama Ryuichi
Yokoyama (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Akihito Yokoyama (born 1961), Japanese golfer * Ayumu Yokoyama (born 2003), Japanese footballer * Chisa Yokoyama (born 1969), Japanese voice actress and singer * Go Yokoyama in fact ''Tsuyoshi Yokoyama'' (b. 1983), Japanese kickboxer * Hideo Yokoyama (born 1957), Japanese novelist *, Japanese shogi player * Hiroki Yokoyama (other), multiple people * Hirotoshi Yokoyama (born 1975), Japanese football player * Hokuto Yokoyama (born 1963), Japanese Democratic Party politician * Isamu Yokoyama (1889-1952), general in the Imperial Japanese Army * Juri Yokoyama (born 1955), Japanese volleyball player * Katsuya Yokoyama (1934–2010), renowned player and teacher of the shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese vertical bamboo flute * Ken Yokoyama (other), multiple people * Kenzo Yokoyama (born 1943), Japanese football player and coach * Knock Yokoyama (1932–2007), Japanese comedian and po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
