Yūji Aoki
Yūji Aoki | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 9, 1945 Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan |
| 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.
Takahiro Kochi 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.
- ^ "Consulate-General of Japan in Vancouver - Japan Film Show - Vancouver".
- ^ 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 Archived 2008-09-16 at the Wayback Machine at The Ultimate Manga Page