Akira Hiramoto
Akira Hiramoto is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut with Sono Tomodachi ni Gimon Ari story in 1995 in Weekly Young Magazine. He is best known as the creator of Prison School, which won the General Manga Category award at the 2013 Kodansha Awards, and Me and the Devil Blues, which has won the 2009 Glyph Comics Awards for the Best Reprint Publication.
Also recorded as Hiramoto Akira
Akira Hiramoto
- Born
- 1976
- Birthplace
- Okinawa Prefecture
- Awards
- Glyph Comics Awards (2009), Kodansha Manga Award (2013)
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- mangaka · comics artist
- Known for
- Prison School · Me and the Devil Blues
- Languages
- Japanese
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Akira Hiramoto is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut with Sono Tomodachi ni Gimon Ari story in 1995 in Weekly Young Magazine. He is best known as the creator of Prison School, which won the General Manga Category award at the 2013 Kodansha Awards, and Me and the Devil Blues, which has won the 2009 Glyph Comics Awards for the Best Reprint Publication.
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Akira Hiramoto (born 1976) is a Japanese comics artist and mangaka. The comics artist was born in Okinawa Prefecture. Akira Hiramoto worked for Kodansha.
Works include Me and the Devil Blues and Prison School. Languages used include Japanese.
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• Name Nonen — 平本 アキラ • Born — 1976 • Birthplace — Okinawa Prefecture • Area — Manga artist • Manga — yes • Notable Works — * Agonashi Gen to Ore Monogatari • Me and the Devil Blues • Prison School • Awards — Glyph Comics Awards (2009), Kodansha Manga Award (2013) • Nonus — ja
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• Agonashi Gen to Ore Monogatari (1997–2009) —– Writer, artist • Me and the Devil Blues (2004–2008, 2015–present) —– Writer, artist • Yarisugi Companion to Atashi Monogatari (2007–2008) —– Writer, artist • Youkei Seijuku Onna Hilda (2011) —– Writer, artist • Prison School (2011–2017) —– Writer, artist • Raw Hero (2018–2020) —– Writer, artist • Futari Switch (2022–present) —– Writer, artist • Super Ball Girls (2022–2026) —– Artist; written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro
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1976
Akira Hiramoto born at Okinawa Prefecture.
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- 1.Winners at 37th Kodansha Manga Awards. Anime News Network. May 9, 2013.
- 2.Me and the Devil Blues Manga Wins Glyph Comic Award. Anime News Network. May 18, 2009.
- 3.Natasha, Inc. Comic Natalie. February 7, 2011.
- 4.Prison School's Akira Hiramoto Launches New Manga on September 25. Anime News Network. September 11, 2018.
- 5.Akira Hiramoto's New Manga Futari Switch Launches on March 4. Anime News Network. February 7, 2022.
- 6.Akira Hiramoto, Muneyuki Kaneshiro Launch New Manga on October 14. Anime News Network. June 25, 2022.
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