Takao Yaguchi
28 October 1939 – 20 November 2020, real name Takao Takahashi, was a Japanese manga artist. He specialized in manga with ecological messages. His most famous manga was Fisherman Sanpei, which won the Kodansha Children's Manga Award in 1974.
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Takao Yaguchi
- Name
- Takao Yaguchi
- Birth Name
- Takao Takahashi (髙橋 髙雄)
- Born
- 28 October 1939
- Birthplace
- Nishinaruse-mura, Ogachi District, Akita Prefecture, Empire of Japan
- Died
- 20 November 2020
- Occupation
- Manga Artist
- Full name
- 髙橋髙雄.
- Nationality
- Japan and Empire of Japan.
- Known for
- Fisherman Sanpei.
- Languages
- Japanese.
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28 October 1939 – 20 November 2020, real name Takao Takahashi, was a Japanese manga artist. He specialized in manga with ecological messages. His most famous manga was Fisherman Sanpei, which won the Kodansha Children's Manga Award in 1974.
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Takao Yaguchi (1939–2020) was a comics artist and mangaka, of Japanese and Japanese nationality. The comics artist was born 髙橋髙雄 in Nishinaruse and died in Tokyo.
Among the works is Fisherman Sanpei. Languages used include Japanese.
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• Name — Takao Yaguchi • Birth Name — Takao Takahashi (髙橋 髙雄) • Born — 28 October 1939 • Birthplace — Nishinaruse-mura, Ogachi District, Akita Prefecture, Empire of Japan • Died — 20 November 2020 • Occupation — Manga Artist • Notable Works — * Fisherman Sanpei • Matagi
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Takao Yaguchi was born Takao Takahashi on 28 October 1939 in Nishinaruse-mura, Ogachi District, Akita Prefecture in the Empire of Japan. He served as director on the board of directors for the Japan Cartoonists Association, and was an honorary director of the Masuda Manga Art Museum in Yokote. He died on 20 November 2020 after being admitted to the hospital for treatment of pancreatic cancer.
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Awards and recognition
• Year — Organization — Award title, Category — Work — Result — Refs • 1974 — Kodansha — Kodansha Culture Award, Childrens — Fisherman Sanpei • 1976 — Japan Cartoonists Association — Japan Cartoonists Association Award, Grand Prize — Matagi • 2009 — Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology — Person of Local Cultural Merit Award — -
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- 1.KTC中央出版. September 2002. 487758255X.
- 2.Sankei Shimbun. 25 November 2020.
- 3.Nikkan Sports. 25 November 2020.
- 4.Yonezawa Yoshihiro Memorial Library at Meiji University. 14 October 2022.
- 5.Asahi Shimbun. 25 November 2020.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 22
- (1970-1971, Weekly Shonen Sunday)
- (1972-1974, Top Comic (Akita Shoten))
- (1972-1983, Weekly Manga Action)
- (1973, Weekly Shonen Magazine)
- (1973-1975, 3 volumes, Weekly Manga Action)
- Fisherman Sanpei (1973-1983, 65 volumes, Weekly Shōnen Magazine)
- (1975-1976, 3 volumes, Manga Action)
- (1976, Kasakura Publishing)
- (1977, 3 volumes, Weekly Shōnen Sunday)
- (1978-1979, 3 volumes, Weekly Shōnen Sunday)
- (1983-1984, Comic Morning)
- (1983-1985, 11 volumes, Manga Action)
- (1988-1990, 7 volumes, Mainichi Chŭgakusei Shinbun)
- (1988-1992, 4 volumes, Chŭkō Comics Three)
- (1989, Mainichi Shinbun)
- (1989-1990, 3 volumes, Big Comic)
- (1993-1995, Shimbun Akahata, a somewhat autobiographical account of his junior high school years)
- (1993-1995 and 2008–2009, Shōsetsu Chŭkō, a somewhat autobiographical account of his years as a banker)
- (manga adaptation of the work by Bashō, volume 25 in the series, 1995, Chuokoron-Shinsha)
- (created by Yukio Togawa, 1995–1998, Monthly Big Gold). Contains the following short works:
- (1998-1999, Comic Alpha)
- (1999-2002, Crazy Bass)
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