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Yūji Iwahara

Yūji Iwahara was born in Memanbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from art school, he joined Hudson Soft as a graphic artist for video games such as Mega Bomberman and Kishin Dōji Zenki FX: Vajra Fight. He made his manga debut in 1994 in Monthly Afternoon with a story for which he won the fall Afternoon Four Seasons Award, a prize he received three more times over the next two years.

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Yūji Iwahara

Name
Yūji Iwahara
Birthplace
Memanbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Occupation
Manga artist
Born
2000 · Memanbetsu.
Nationality
Japan
Education
Hokkaido College of Art & Design
Known for
King of Thorn
Languages
Japanese

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Yūji Iwahara was born in Memanbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from art school, he joined Hudson Soft as a graphic artist for video games such as Mega Bomberman and Kishin Dōji Zenki FX: Vajra Fight. He made his manga debut in 1994 in Monthly Afternoon with a story for which he won the fall Afternoon Four Seasons Award, a prize he received three more times over the next two years.

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