Yūji Aoki
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Born | Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan | June 9, 1945
Died | September 5, 2003 | (aged 58)
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Manga artist |
Awards | 1992 Kodansha Manga Award (Naniwa Kin'yūdō) 1998 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize |
Yūji Aoki (Japanese: 青木 雄二, Hepburn: Aoki Yūji, June 9, 1945 – September 5, 2003) was a Japanese manga artist born in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan.
He is best known for his 1990 debut manga Naniwa Kin'yūdō (ナニワ金融道, literally The Way of Osaka Financing, colloquially translated as The Way of the Osaka Loan Shark), for which he won the 1992 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga[1] and the 1998 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Award for Excellence.
was his assistant.
Adaptations[]
His novel Tōgenkyō no hito-bito was adapted into the 2002 Japanese comedy film Shangri-La directed by Takashi Miike.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ https://www.vancouver.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/en/special_en/2008/film_show_vancouver.htm
- ^ http://www.canadajapansociety.bc.ca/cgi/page.cgi?evtid=80&_id=8&date=2008-09-20
External links[]
- Yuuji Aoki at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Profile at The Ultimate Manga Page
Categories:
- 1945 births
- 2003 deaths
- Manga artists
- Manga artists from Kyoto Prefecture
- Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General)
- Manga artist stubs