Takashi Hashiguchi Explained

Takashi Hashiguchi
Birth Date:	2 June 1967
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Nationality:	Japanese
Occupation:	Manga artist

is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his manga series Yakitate!! Japan, for which he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 2004.^[1] Hashiguchi won a newcomer's award in 1987 (published in a magazine), and Combat Teacher debuted the following year in the same magazine.

A prevailing theme seen throughout his manga is the realization of childhood dreams, such as making bread in Yakitate!! Japan or becoming a yo-yo master in Super Yo-Yo. Hashiguchi mainly focuses on unusual occupations or sports.

He enjoys comedy as well, and took a brief interlude from drawing to try his luck as a comedian.

Works

His works include:

• Combat Teacher (1988)
• Kinniku Kurabu (1991)
• Chie-Baachan No Chiebukuro (1992)
• Suto Ii Bashuko! Yon-Koma Gag Gaiden (1993)
• Caster Mairu Zo (1995)
• Windmill (1997)
• Super Yo-Yo (1997)
• Scissors (2000)
• Yakitate!! Japan (2002)^{[2] [3]}
• Saijō no Meii (2007)
• Saijō no Meii: King of Neet (2010)

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html . ja:小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 . Shogakukan . Japanese . 2007-08-19 . 2005-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050424231028/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html . dead .
2. Web site: http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_4091263917. ja:焼きたて!!ジャぱん 1. Shogakukan. Japanese. July 10, 2010.
3. Web site: http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_9784091210265. ja:焼きたて!!ジャぱん 26. Shogakukan. Japanese. July 10, 2010.