Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro (島袋 光年, Shimabukuro Mitsutoshi, born 19 May 1975 in Okinawa, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut in 1996 in Weekly Shōnen Jump and received a Akatsuka Award for best new comic manga writer.[citation needed] He is best known for Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! (世紀末リーダー伝たけし!, "A Tale of a Leader in the End of the Century Takeshi!") (1997–2002, 24 volumes), for which he won the 2001 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.[1] His current series is Toriko (トリコ), which began serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2008.
In 2002, he was arrested and convicted of violating child prostitution laws, including paying a 16-year-old girl ¥80,000 to have sex.[2][3] As a result of the arrest, Seikimatsu Leader Den Takeshi! was cancelled by Weekly Shōnen Jump.[4]
Shimabukuro is friends with Eiichiro Oda, author of One Piece.[5]
References
- ^ "小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
- ^ "Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Arrested". Anime News Network. 7 August 2002. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
- ^ "Mangaka Convicted and Sentenced for Schoolgirl Sex "Romp"". Anime News Network. 1 November 2002. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
- ^ "Journalista!: Award-winning manga artist found guilty of child prostitution". The Comics Journal. 29 October 2002. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
- ^ Oda, Eiichiro (2 August 2002). One Piece Blue: Grand Data File (in Japanese). Shueisha. ISBN 978-4088733586.
External links
- Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro official website Template:Ja icon
- Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro ({{{type}}}) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Profile at the Ultimate Manga Guide
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