Jun Hatanaka

Jun Hatanaka (Japanese: 畑中 純, Hepburn: Hatanaka Jun, March 20, 1950 – June 13, 2012) was a Japanese manga and woodblock artist. Born in Kokura, Fukuoka Precture, Tsukiyo (月夜) marked his debut as a professional manga artist in 1977. Two years later, his most known work, Mandaraya no Ryouta, started to be published in Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Weekly Manga Sunday magazine. He also served as instructor in Tokyo Polytechnic University's Department of Manga before he died on June 13, 2012 from an abdominal aortic aneurysm in Chōfu, Tokyo.