Kengo Hanazawa
Kengo Hanazawa is a Japanese manga artist, known for his seinen works. He won the Topic Award of the 2005 Sense of Gender Awards for Ressentiment and was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taisho for I Am a Hero. In 2013, I Am a Hero won the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category.
Also recorded as Hanazawa Kengo
Kengo Hanazawa
- Born
- 5 January 1974
- Birthplace
- Hachinohe, Japan
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Occupation
- mangaka · illustrator · cartoonist
- Known for
- Ressentiment · Boys on the Run · I Am a Hero
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Kengo Hanazawa is a Japanese manga artist, known for his seinen works. He won the Topic Award of the 2005 Sense of Gender Awards for Ressentiment and was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taisho for I Am a Hero. In 2013, I Am a Hero won the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category.
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I Am a Hero has received a live-action film adaptation, directed by Shinsuke Sato. His series Boys on the Run was also adapted into a live-action film in 2010. He formerly worked as Osamu Uoto's assistant.
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• Name Nonen — 花沢 健吾 • Nonus — ja • Born — 5 January 1974 • Birthplace — Hachinohe, Japan • Nationality — Japanese • Area — Manga artist • Notable Works — I Am a Hero • Manga — Yes • Website — http: www6.ocn.ne.jp/~hanaman/
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Works
• Ressentiment (2004–2005, Big Comic Spirits, Shogakukan) • Boys on the Run (2005–2008, Big Comic Spirits, Shogakukan) • I Am a Hero (2009–2017, Big Comic Spirits, Shogakukan) • Under Ninja (2018–present, Weekly Young Magazine, Kodansha)
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- 1.2005年度 第5回Sense of Gender賞. Sense of Gender Awards.
- 2.News: 10 Titles Nominated for 3rd Manga Taisho Awards. Anime News Network. January 18, 2010.
- 3.News: 13 Titles Nominated for 4th Manga Taisho Awards. Anime News Network. January 16, 2011.
- 4.15 Titles Nominated for 5th Manga Taisho Awards. Anime News Network. January 16, 2012.
- 5.Anime News Network. Boys on the Run Boxing Manga Gets Movie Next Fall. November 1, 2008.
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