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Akira Oze

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Nationality
  
Japanese

Name
  
Akira Oze


Role
  
Manga artist

Areas
  
Mangaka

Akira Oze Kotetsu Jeeg by Go Nagai Akira Oze Cover by JUN Robots Mech

Born
  
July 26, 1947 (age 76) Osaka, Japan (
1947-07-26
)

Notable works
  
Natsuko's Sake Hatsukoi Scandal Tobe! Jinrui II

Awards
  
31st Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen manga - Hatsukoi Scandal and Tobe! Jinrui II

Akira Oze (尾瀬あきら, Oze Akira, born 26 July 1947 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut in 1971 under the pen name Aguma Matsumoto (松本めぐむ) writing shōnen manga, but he switched in the 1980s to seinen manga. He is best known for Natsuko's Sake, which was adapted as a live-action television series. Oze won the 1986 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga for Hatsukoi Scandal and Tobe! Jinrui II.

Selected works

  • Tobe! Jinrui (とべ!人類) (1978, 1 volume)
  • Hatsukoi Scandal (初恋スキャンダル) (1981–1986, 18 volumes)
  • Ryū (リュウ) (1986–1987, 7 volumes) - story by Masao Yajima
  • Natsuko's Sake (夏子の酒, Natsuko no Sake) (1988–1991, 12 volumes)
  • The Story of My Village (ぼくの村の話, Boku no Mura no Hanashi) (1992–1994, 7 volumes)
  • The Legend of Minori (みのり伝説, Minori Densetsu) (1994–1997, 9 volumes)
  • Island of Light (光の島) (2001–2004, 8 volumes)

    • References

    Akira Oze Wikipedia
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