Takashi Iwashige Explained

Name Nonen:いわしげ孝
Nonus:ja
Birth Date:31 December 1954
Birth Place:Kagoshima
Area:Manga artist
Notable Works:Hanamaru Legend
Awards:1986 Shogakukan Manga Award

was a Japanese manga artist who wrote primarily martial-arts manga celebrating individuality. He is best known for the judo series Hanamaru Legend and its sequel New Hanamaru Legend. He received the 1986 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga for Bokkemon.[1]

On 6 March 2013, Iwashige died at age 58.[2]

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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 . 24 April 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050424231028/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html . dead .
  2. News: http://natalie.mu/comic/news/87219 . ja:「上京花日」のいわしげ孝が逝去、58歳. Comic Natalie. Japanese. 2013-03-22. 2013-03-23.