Fujio Akatsuka

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Fujio Akatsuka
Born	September 14, 1935 (1935-09-14) (age 72) Rehe, Manchuria
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Manga artist
Website Official website

Fujio Akatsuka (赤塚 不二夫, Akatsuka Fujio^?, born September 14, 1935) is a pioneer Japanese artist of comical manga.

He was born in Rehe, Manchuria, the son of a Japanese military police officer. After the war, he grew up in Niigata Prefecture and Nara Prefecture. When he was 19, he moved to Tokyo.

While working at a chemical factory, he drew many manga. After that, Tokiwa-so accepted him. He started his career as a shōjo artist, but in 1958, his Nama-chan (ナマちゃん) became a hit, so he became a specialist in gag manga since then. He won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1964 for Osomatsu-kun.^[1] He is said to have been influenced by Buster Keaton and MAD magazine. In 2000, he drew manga in braille for the blind.

He is known as a heavy drinker and smoker. Since April 2002, he has been bedridden due to intra-axial hematoma.

Contents 1 Selected works 2 Assistants 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Selected works

• Tensai Bakabon (天才バカボン, Tensai Bakabon^?)
• Osomatsu-kun (おそ松くん, Osomatsu-kun^?)
• Himitsu no Akko-chan (ひみつのアッコちゃん, Himitsu no Akko-chan^?)

[edit] Assistants

• Kunio Hase
• Mitsutoshi Furuya
• Kazuyoshi Torii
• Ken'ichi Kitami
• Yoshiko Tsuchida
• Kenichiro Takai
• Tsutomu Adachi

[edit] See also

• Akatsuka Award

[edit] References