Furiten-kun

• Name — Furiten-kun • Ja Kanji — フリテンくん

• Type — Manga • Author — Masashi Ueda • Publisher — Takeshobo • Magazine — Kindai Mahjong Kindai Mahjong Original Gamble Punch • First — 1980 • Last — 1984

• Type — Film • Director — Takashi Sugiyama • Producer — Tokumaro Saijo • Writer — Haruya Yamazaki Noboru Shiroyama Taku Sugiyama Tsunehisa Itō • Music — Tachio Akano • Studio — Oh! Production • Released — April 11, 1981 • Runtime — 78 minutes

• Type — Manga • Publisher — Takeshobo • Magazine — Manga Life • First — November 1984 • Last — 1994 • Volumes — 19

• Type — Manga • Title — Osusume Furiten-kun • Author — Masashi Ueda • Publisher — Takeshobo • Magazine — Manga Life • First — 1991 • Last — 1992 • Volumes — 8

• Type — Manga • Author — Masashi Ueda • Publisher — Takeshobo • Magazine — Manga Life • First — January 2001 • Last — February 2002

• Type — Manga • Title — Shin Furiten-kun • Author — Masashi Ueda • Publisher — Takeshobo • Magazine — Manga Life • First — March 2002 • Last — July 2026 • Volumes — 10 Furiten-kun is a yonkoma manga series by Masashi Ueda which has been serialized in several magazine. In the early 1980s, the manga was published simultaneously in Takeshobo's Kindai Mahjong, Kindai Mahjong Original, and Gamble Punch. It was then published in Manga Life magazine from November 1984 (in the first issue of the magazine) to 1994. The series was started again in January 2001 and is currently running in Manga Life. The title of the series was changed to Shin Furiten-kun in March 2002. The manga ended on July 10, 2026. The manga was adapted into a feature film and an OVA in the early 1980s. Several pachinko systems have been released which feature Furiten-kun as the theme. It won the 28th Bungeishunjū Manga Award along with Ueda's Kariage-kun in 1982.

• Director: Taku Sugiyama • Producers: Seishi Nishino, Satoshi Sakai • Executive producer: Katsuo Seijō • Original story: Masashi Ueda • Screenplay: Noboru Shiroyama, Tsunehisa Itō, Haruya Yamazaki, Taku Sugiyama Sources:

• Furiten-kun: Haruo Chikada Sources: