is a

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

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 be ...

. In 2007, he won the 31st

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 w ...

for shōnen

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) 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 prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

for '' Dear Boys Act II''.

Personal life

Yagami was born in

Kashiwazaki, Niigata is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 81,836 in 34,883 households, and a population density of 187 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geography Kashiwazaki is located in a co ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

Works

* '' Futari ni Omakase'' * ''

Dear Boys ''Dear Boys'' (stylized as ''DEAR BOYS'') is a Japanese sports manga written and illustrated by Hiroki Yagami, published by Kodansha in ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine''. As of June 2007, the ''Dear Boys'' series has 25 volumes in total, ...

'' ** ''Dear Boys The Early Days'' ** ''Dear Boys Act II'' ** ''Dear Boys Act III'' * ''

G-Taste ''G-Taste'' is a Japanese erotic manga series written and illustrated by Hiroki Yagami and serialized in Kodansha's ''Mr. Magazine'' (1996–2000) ''Young Magazine Uppers'' (2000–2004). The "G" in "G-taste" is used symbolically as the let ...

References

Japanese erotic artists Living people Manga artists from Niigata Prefecture Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōnen) Year of birth missing (living people) {{manga-artist-stub