| Torao Kurakane | |
| Birth Place: | Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Other Names: | Shosuke Kurakane |
| Occupation: | Manga artist |
, pen name was a Japanese manga artist.
He wrote many works that has been turned into anime, TV drama, and movie but is especially known for Anmitsuhime (あんみつ姫) which was turned into all three.[1] His second best known work, Tentenmusume (てんてん娘), was made into a movie on 1956 with Mariko Miyagi as the heroine and on 1984, it was made into a TV drama with Mayumi Hara in the same role.