is a 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 ...

famous for creating '' Initial D''. Shigeno has also created '' Bari Bari Densetsu'', ''Dopkan'', and ''Tunnel Nuketara Sky Blue'' ("First Love in Summer"). In 1985, he received the Kodansha Manga Award in shōnen for ''Bari Bari Densetsu''.

Early life

Shuichi Shigeno was born in , , Niigata Prefecture. When Shigeno was in high school, he was obsessed with motorcycles, which resulted in one of his best-selling series, '' Bari Bari Densetsu''. Before Shigeno became a manga artist, he was a poor student. Still, after ''Baribari Densetsu'' sold well and got a lot of money from royalties on the first edition, he bought his first car (

Toyota AE86 The AE86 series of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno are small, Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, front-engine/rear-wheel-drive models within the mostly Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout, front-engine/front-wheel-drive ...

) and lived in a small apartment.

Career

After ''Bari Bari Densetsu'' was sold, Shigeno wanted to make another book. And one of Shigeno's friends told Shigeno he liked cars, "so why not write it down?" Shigeno thought about the idea, but part of him resisted, due to going out of business if writing about cars had not worked out. Since Shigeno was writing about cars, he used his first car, the Toyota AE86, to help him write ''Initial D''. After ''Initial D'' was published, it became a huge hit. In 2017, after ''Initial D'' was completed, he started a sequel series titled ''

MF Ghost is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It is a sequel to ''Initial D'', and is also focused on the Japanese street racing scene. It was serialized Kodansha's Seinen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magaz ...

'', which continues most of Initial D's legacy in focusing on racing theories and cars. In November 2022, '' Weekly Young Magazine'' announced that ''MF Ghost'' would be on a hiatus due to Shigeno's declining health to prevent him from overworking. The series resumed on June 19, 2023, and concluded on February 16, 2025.

Works

*'' Bari Bari Densetsu'' (1983–1991, serialized in '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', Kodansha) *''Tunnel Nuketara Sky*Blue'' (1992, serialized in '' Weekly Young Magazine'', Kodansha) *''Shō'' (1992, serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', Kodansha) *''DO-P-KAN'' (1993–1995, serialized in ''Weekly Young Magazine'', Kodansha) *'' Initial D'' (1995–2013, serialized in ''Weekly Young Magazine'', Kodansha) *'' Takane no Hana'' (2014, serialized in ''Weekly Young Magazine'', Kodansha) *'' Sailor Ace'' (2015–2017, serialized in ''Weekly Young Magazine'', Kodansha) *''

'' (2017–2025, serialized in ''Weekly Young Magazine'', Kodansha) *'' Subaru and Subaru'' (from 2025, serialized in ''Weekly Young Magazine'', Kodansha)

References

External links

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Shuichi Shigeno manga
at Media Arts Database
The TAFL.org approved fanlisting for Shuichi Shigeno!

Initial D world
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shigeno, Shuichi Living people Manga artists from Niigata Prefecture Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōnen) 1958 births