Machiko Satonaka (里中 満智子, Satonaka Machiko; born 24 January 1948) is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional…
Machiko Satonaka (里中 満智子, Satonaka Machiko; born 24 January 1948) is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1964 during her second year of high school with the one-shot Pia no Shōzō ("Portrait of Pia"). She has since created nearly 500 manga in a variety of genres. Two of her most notable works are Ashita Kagayaku ("Tomorrow Will Shine"), which won the 1974 Kodansha Publishing Culture Award, and Karyūdo no Seiza ("Constellation of the Hunter"), which won the 1982 Kodansha Manga Award. In addition to creating manga, Satonaka teaches at the Osaka University of Arts as the head of the Character Creative Arts Department and serves on the board of various manga-related organizations in Japan.
Famous Alumni of Hokkaido Art High School
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Toshio Furukawa (古川 登志夫, Furukawa Toshio; born July 16, 1946 in Tochigi) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator…
Toshio Furukawa (古川 登志夫, Furukawa Toshio; born July 16, 1946 in Tochigi) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He is married to fellow voice actress Shino Kakinuma.
Harumi Ichiryūsai (一龍斎 春水, Ichirūsai Harumi), previously known as Yōko Asagami (麻上 洋子, Asagami Yōko; born July 10…
Harumi Ichiryūsai (一龍斎 春水, Ichirūsai Harumi), previously known as Yōko Asagami (麻上 洋子, Asagami Yōko; born July 10, 1952) is a Japanese voice actress and kōdanshi who is represented by Aksent. She is most known for the roles of Yuki Mori (Space Battleship Yamato) and Saeko Nogami (City Hunter). Her married name is Yōko Ōkubo (大久保 洋子, Ōkubo Yōko). Asagmi was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō. In 1952, she began to study traditional Japanese storytelling kōdan under the master. By 2004, she had risen to become a star kōdanshi. When she performs as a storyteller, she goes by the art name Harumi Ichiryūsai (一龍斎 春水). As of 2012, she currently does voiceover work under that name. In 2022, she won the Merit Award at the 16th Seiyu Awards.
Kazuhiko Inoue (井上 和彦, Inoue Kazuhiko; born March 26, 1954) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and singer. His…
Kazuhiko Inoue (井上 和彦, Inoue Kazuhiko; born March 26, 1954) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and singer. His notable works include Anthony Brown in Candy Candy, Joe Shimamura in the 1979 iteration of Cyborg 009, Jerid Messa in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Kakashi Hatake in Naruto, Kars in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Toichirou Suzuki in Mob Psycho 100, Gildarts Clive in Fairy Tail, Yoriichi Tsugikuni in Demon Slayer, and Neuras in Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Daisuke Namikawa (浪川 大輔, Namikawa Daisuke; born April 2, 1976) is a Japanese actor and singer associated with Stay…
Daisuke Namikawa (浪川 大輔, Namikawa Daisuke; born April 2, 1976) is a Japanese actor and singer associated with Stay Luck. He began acting as a child and is sometimes mistaken with Daisuke Hirakawa, as their names only differ by one character when written in kanji. Despite his wide range of roles, he usually plays young heroes, such as Mikage in 07-Ghost, Fay D. Flourite in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Jellal Fernandes and his counterpart Mystogan in Fairy Tail, Somnus Lucis Caelum in Final Fantasy XV, Jack the Ripper in Black Clover, Keita Ibuki in Black God, Goemon Ishikawa XIII in later installments of Lupin the Third, and Yu Narukami in Persona 4. He has also been cast as anti-heroes or antagonists, such as Ulquiorra Cifer in Bleach, Hisoka Morow in Hunter × Hunter (2011), Kei Kurono in Gantz, Eustass Kid in One Piece, Dr. Genus in One Punch Man, Chōsō in Jujutsu Kaisen, Tōru Oikawa in Haikyuu!!, Kishō Arima in Tokyo Ghoul, Momoshiki Otsutsuki in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, and Kei Uzuki/X in Sakamoto Days. He is the official Japanese dub-over voice artist for American actor Elijah Wood and Canadian actor Hayden Christensen. He has also dubbed over some roles that were performed by other fellow actors such as: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tony Jaa, Edward Furlong, and Kevin Zegers in Japanese. He made his directorial debut for Wonderful World, a live-action film that opened in Japan in early summer of 2010. He also starred in the film itself, alongside Mamoru Miyano, Tomokazu Sugita, Tomokazu Seki, Rikiya Koyama, Yuka Hirata, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Kōichi Yamadera, Showtaro Morikubo and Yūko Kaida.
Kazuma Horie (堀江 一眞, Horie Kazuma; born July 23, 1976) is a Japanese voice actor for anime shows and video games. Some…
Kazuma Horie (堀江 一眞, Horie Kazuma; born July 23, 1976) is a Japanese voice actor for anime shows and video games. Some of his major roles are Regulus in Goulart Knights, Seiji Yagiri in Durarara!!, Ryū Tsuji in Special A, Kaname Tanuma in Natsume's Book of Friends, and Snow Lily in Servamp.
Shogakukan Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社小学館, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Shōgakukan; often pronounced as Shōgakkan due to…
Shogakukan Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社小学館, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Shōgakukan; often pronounced as Shōgakkan due to devoicing) is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan and the world. Shogakukan is headquartered in the Shogakukan Building in Hitotsubashi, part of Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo, near the Jimbocho book district. The corporation also has the other two companies located in the same ward.