Jyoji Morikawa
Jyoji Morikawa (森川 ジョージ, Morikawa Jōji) (born January 17, 1966), also known by his Westernized name, George Morikawa, is a Japanese manga author known for the long-running series Hajime no Ippo. Born in Tokyo, Morikawa was inspired to become a manga artist upon reading Tetsuya Chiba's Harris no Kaze in elementary school.
He was previously an assistant to Shuichi Shigeno, while known mangaka Kentaro Miura and were past assistants to him.
Hajime no Ippo, as of February 2020, has released 127 tankōbon volumes. It has been adapted into several anime series, the first of which began airing in 2000 and was produced by Madhouse studio. The first series contains 76 episodes, while the second series, which started in 2009, contains 26. The third series, named Hajime no Ippo: Rising, was produced in 2013 and contains 25 episodes.
Morikawa won the Kodansha Manga Award in 1991 for Hajime no Ippo.
He is also the owner of JB Sports Gym in Tokyo.
Works[]
- Silhouette Night (シルエットナイト) (1983)
- Kazuya Now (一矢NOW) (1986) (2 volumes)
- Signal Blue (シグナルブルー) (1986) (2 volumes)
- Hajime no Ippo (はじめの一歩) (1989-ongoing, Kodansha) (127 volumes)[1][2]
- I'll be Seeing You! (会いにいくよ, Ai ni Ikuyo) (2012) (1 volume)
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy" はじめの一歩 (1) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 23, 2005. Retrieved February 19, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "はじめの一歩(127)" [The Fighting!(127)] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
External links[]
- Jyoji Morikawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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