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]