Jun Hatanaka
March 20, 1950 – June 13, 2012 was a Japanese manga artist and woodblock artist. Jun Hatanaka was born in Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture, Tsukiyo marked his debut as a professional manga artist in 1977. Two years later, his most well-known work, Mandaraya no Ryouta, began to be published in Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Weekly Manga Sunday magazine.
Jun Hatanaka
- Name
- Jun Hatanaka
- Born
- 20 March 1950
- Birthplace
- Kokura, Japan
- Died
- 13 June 2012
- Place of death
- Chōfu, Japan
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Occupation
- mangaka · printmaker
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March 20, 1950 – June 13, 2012 was a Japanese manga artist and woodblock artist. Jun Hatanaka was born in Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture, Tsukiyo marked his debut as a professional manga artist in 1977. Two years later, his most well-known work, Mandaraya no Ryouta, began to be published in Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Weekly Manga Sunday magazine.
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Jun Hatanaka (1950–2012) was a mangaka and printmaker, of Japanese nationality. The mangaka was born in Kokura and died in Chōfu. Jun Hatanaka worked for Tokyo Polytechnic University. Languages used include Japanese.
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He also served as an instructor in Tokyo Polytechnic University's Department of Manga before he died on June 13, 2012, from an abdominal aortic aneurysm in Chōfu, Tokyo.
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Key facts
• Name — Jun Hatanaka • Born — 20 March 1950 • Birthplace — Kokura, Japan • Died — 13 June 2012 • Place of death — Chōfu, Japan • Nationality — Japanese • Area — Manga artist • Notable Works — Mandaraya no Ryouta • Manga — y
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• Mandaraya no Ryouta (Weekly Manga Sunday, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha) • Genkai Yūkyōden Saburōmaru (Weekly Manga Sunday, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha) • Hyaku Hachi no Koi (Weekly Morning, Kodansha) • Obake (Weekly Morning, Kodansha) • Risō Miya (Big Gold, Shogakukan) • Dai Tama Tsukiyo (Big Gold, Shogakukan) • Orokamono no Hakuen (Shōsetsu Shinchō, Shinchosha) • Gaki (Comic Tom, Ushio Shuppan) • Ryouta (Monthly Comic Bingo, Bungeishunjū) • Gokudō Mon (Jitsuwajidai, Media Boy) • Gataro (Garo, Seirindō)
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