Kenshi Hirokane
Kenshi Hirokane (Japanese: 弘兼 憲史, Hepburn: Hirokane Kenshi, born September 9, 1947) is a Japanese manga artist from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. He graduated from Waseda University with a degree in law, then worked for Matsushita Electric for four years, before making his manga debut in 1974 with Kaze Kaoru.[1]
Hirokane is known for manga that addresses social issues, as well as for creating the best-selling seinen manga Hello Harinezumi, adapted as an original video animation (OVA) called Domain of Murder.[2] He has received numerous awards, including the 1985 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga as the artist for Human Crossing,[3] the 1991 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for Kachō Kōsaku Shima,[4] and an Excellence Prize for manga at the 2000 Japan Media Arts Festival for Tasogare Ryūseigun ("Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight").
He is married to manga artist Fumi Saimon. They have a son and a daughter.
References
- ^ "Manga Snapshot: Big Comic Original." NEO, Jan. 2011, p. 24-25.
- ^ "Buried Treasure: Domain of Murder". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
- ^ 小学館漫画賞:歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2007.
- ^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on August 16, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2007.
External links
- Kenshi Hirokane at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Profile Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at The Ultimate Manga Page
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- Karyūdo no Seiza by Machiko Satonaka (1982)
- P.S. Genki Desu, Shunpei by Fumi Saimon (1983)
- Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo (1984)
- Okashi na Futari by Jūzō Yamasaki (1985)
- Adolf by Osamu Tezuka and What's Michael? by Makoto Kobayashi (1986)
- Actor by Kaiji Kawaguchi (1987)
- Bonobono by Mikio Igarashi and Be-Bop High School by Kazuhiro Kiuchi (1988)
- Showa: A History of Japan by Shigeru Mizuki (1989)
- The Silent Service by Kaiji Kawaguchi and Gorillaman by Harold Sakuishi (1990)
- Kachō Shima Kōsaku by Kenshi Hirokane and Waru by Jun Fukami (1991)
- Naniwa Kin'yūdō by Yūji Aoki (1992)
- Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaaki (1993)
- Tetsujin Ganma by Yasuhito Yamamoto (1994)
- Hanada Shōnen Shi by Makoto Isshiki (1995)
- The Ping Pong Club by Minoru Furuya (1996)
- Dragon Head by Minetarō Mochizuki (1997)
- Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto and Sōten Kōro by Hagin Yi and King Gonta (1998)
- Wangan Midnight by Michiharu Kusunoki (1999)
- Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue (2000)
- 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa (2001)
- Zipang by Kaiji Kawaguchi (2002)
- Tensai Yanagisawa Kyōju no Seikatsu by Kazumi Yamashita (2003)
- Basilisk by Masaki Segawa (2004)
- Dragon Zakura by Norifusa Mita (2005)
- Mushishi by Yuki Urushibara (2006)
- Big Windup! by Asa Higuchi (2007)
- Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture by Masayuki Ishikawa (2008)
- Oh My Goddess! by Kōsuke Fujishima (2009)
- Giant Killing by Masaya Tsunamoto (2010)
- March Comes In like a Lion by Chica Umino and Space Brothers by Chūya Koyama (2011)
- Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura (2012)
- Gurazeni by Yūji Moritaka and Keiji Adachi and Prison School by Akira Hiramoto (2013)
- Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū by Haruko Kumota (2014)
- Knights of Sidonia by Tsutomu Nihei (2015)
- Kōnodori by Yū Suzunoki (2016)
- The Fable by Katsuhisa Minami (2017)
- Sanju Mariko by Yuki Ozawa and Fragile by Saburō Megumi and Bin Kusamizu (2018)
- What Did You Eat Yesterday? by Fumi Yoshinaga (2019)
- Blue Period by Tsubasa Yamaguchi (2020)
- Yuria-sensei no Akai Ito by Kiwa Irie (2021)
- Police in a Pod by Miko Yasu (2022)
- Skip and Loafer by Misaki Takamatsu (2023)
- Medalist by Tsurumaikada (2024)
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