Kazuhiro Fujita (藤田 和日郎, Fujita Kazuhiro, born May 24, 1964 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan)[4] is a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Nihon University.[5] He made his professional manga debut in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1989. He is most famous for the manga Ushio & Tora, for which he won Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1992 and the Seiun Award in 1997, and the long-running Karakuri Circus.

Kazuhiro Fujita
藤田 和日郎
Kazuhiro Fujita at Lucca Comics & Games 2016
Born (1964-05-24) May 24, 1964 (age 59)
Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
Ushio & Tora, Karakuri Circus, Moonlight Act, Sōbōtei Kowasubeshi
Awards

Influences edit

Fujita stated that he wanted to become a manga artist after reading Rumiko Takahashi's "When My Eyes Got Wings" (闇をかけるまなざし, Yami wo Kakeru Manazashi). He also named Yōsuke Takahashi, Satoshi Yoshida [ja] and Daijiro Morohoshi as influences.[6]

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Other edit

  • Ayakashidō no Hōrai (あやかし堂のホウライ), 2004–2006, original concept
  • BakéGyamon (妖逆門, Bakegyamon), 2006–2007, original concept

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  1. ^ a b 『うしおととら』『からくりサーカス』の藤田和日郎氏、重大発表を予告. Oricon (in Japanese). March 7, 2018. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  2. ^ 小学館漫画賞:歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
  3. ^ 星雲賞受賞作品リスト. nippon2007.org (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 21, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  4. ^ 藤田和日郎. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  5. ^ Nakano, Hiroyuki (September 2000). マンガ家スペシャルインタビュー藤田和日郎 [Manga Artist Special Interview – Kazuhiro Fujita]. Da Vinci (in Japanese) (77). Media Factory: 108–109.
  6. ^ 藤田和日郎先生 直撃インタビュー 完全版 – 第2回 マンガ家を目指した経緯. Jump SQ. (in Japanese). Shueisha. August 2008. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  7. ^ Mainichi review: Springald Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Fujita, Kazuhiro (July 16, 2006). からくりサーカス公式ガイドブック サーカスのすべて [Karakuri Circus Official Guidebook — All About the Circus] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. p. 252. ISBN 4-09-127771-3.
  9. ^ a b c d e f Fujita, Kazuhiro (July 16, 2006). からくりサーカス公式ガイドブック サーカスのすべて [Karakuri Circus Official Guidebook — All About the Circus] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. pp. 264–275. ISBN 4-09-127771-3.

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