was a town located in
Hita District, ÅŒita Prefecture, Japan.
On March 22, 2005, ÅŒyama, along with the town of
Amagase, and the villages of
Kamitsue,
Maetsue and
Nakatsue (all from
Hita District), was merged into the expanded city of
Hita.
Notable residents
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Hajime Isayama
is a Japanese manga artist. His first series, ''Attack on Titan'' (2009–2021), became one of the best-selling manga series of all time with 140 million copies in circulation as of November 2023. He was awarded the Kodansha Manga Award in 201 ...
, Japanese
Manga artist
A manga artist, also known as a mangaka (), is a Cartoonist, comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga.
Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist before entering the indus ...
and author of
Attack on Titan
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to a ...
References
Dissolved municipalities of ÅŒita Prefecture
Hita, ÅŒita
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