Yasuhito Yamamoto
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese
manga artist
. He made his debut in 1980 in Young Jump with a gag-comedy manga, before turning to more serious dramas. He won the 1994 Kodansha Manga Award
for general manga for Tetsujin Ganma.
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
manga artist
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
. He made his debut in 1980 in Young Jump with a gag-comedy manga, before turning to more serious dramas. He won the 1994 Kodansha Manga Award
Kodansha Manga Award
is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in four categories: children's, shōnen, shōjo, and general. The awards began in 1977, initially with categories for shōnen and shōjo. The first award for the...
for general manga for Tetsujin Ganma.
External links
- Profile at The Ultimate Manga Page