was a Japanese board game designer, novelist, and
manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...
writer. He was known for his alternate history novels ''Seito'' and ''Red Sun Black Cross,'' among others. He wrote the story for his manga ''Imperial Guards'' (with illustrator Yū Itō) and ''
Highschool of the Dead'' (with illustrator
Shōji Satō). ''Imperial Guards'' was nominated for the
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan.
Current ...
in 2007 and for the first
Manga Taishō
The is a Japanese List of comics awards, comics award recognizing achievement in manga. It is awarded annually to a manga series published in the previous calendar year of eight or fewer Tankōbon, collected volumes in length. The Manga Taish� ...
in 2008. He died on March 22, 2017, from
ischaemic heart disease.
After Daisuke's death, the decision was made to leave ''Highschool of the Dead'' unfinished.
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Manga
* (as Daisuke Tō), illustrated by Yoshifumi Kobayashi
* ''Imperial Guards'', illustrated by Yū Itō
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Shōji Satō (no relation)
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1964 births
2017 deaths
20th-century Japanese novelists
21st-century Japanese novelists
Japanese nationalists
Japanese science fiction writers
Komazawa University alumni
Manga artists from Ishikawa Prefecture
Manga writers
Writers from Ishikawa Prefecture