Kenshi Hirokane
Kenshi Hirokane (弘兼 憲史 Hirokane Kenshi, born September 9, 1947 in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. 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 Hedgehog, 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.
[edit] References
- ^ "Manga Snapshot: Big Comic Original." NEO, Jan. 2011, p. 24-25.
- ^ "Buried Treasure: Domain of Murder". Anime News Network. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2009-03-05/domain-of-murder. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
- ^ "小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
- ^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20070816031310/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
[edit] External links
- Kenshi Hirokane at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Profile at The Ultimate Manga Page
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