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Native name
  
木内 一裕

Known for
  
Be-Bop High School

Nationality
  
Japanese

Books
  
A Dog in Water

Name
  
Kazuhiro Kiuchi

Siblings
  
Kazumasa Kiuchi

Role
  
Manga artist


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Born
  
September 14, 1960 (age 63) (
1960-09-14
)
Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

Occupation
  
Manga artist, film director and novelist

Years active
  
Manga: 1983-present Film: 1991-present Novel: 2004-present

Website
  
www.facebook.com/Kiuchi.Kazuhiro.BeBop

Movies
  
Bee Bop Highschool; Koko Yotaro March, BE-BOP HIGHSCHOOL, Killers, Joker

Similar People
  
Machiko Nasu, Takashi Miike, Tamio Hayashi, Mamoru Oshii

Kazuhiro Kiuchi (きうちかずひろ [木内一裕], Kiuchi Kazuhiro, born September 14, 1960 in Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist, film director and novelist. As a manga writer, he is best known for the series Be-Bop High School, which won the 1988 Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen and was adapted as series of live-action movies and as a 9-episode anime OVA series. He was director of one segment of Killers.

Contents

Manga series

  • Be-Bop High School (1983 – 2003)
  • Saru Banchō (1996 – 1997)
  • MI-4 (1998 – 1999)

    • Films

  • Karurosu (1991)
  • Be-Bop High School (1994)
  • Joker (1996)
  • Tetsu to Namari (1997)
  • Kyōhansha (1999)
  • Pay Off (Killers) (2003)

    • Novels

  • Wara no Tate (藁の楯), 2004 (Film: Shield of Straw, directed by Takashi Miike, 2013)
  • English translation: Shield of Straw, translated by Asumi Shibata, Vertical, 2016
  • Mizu no Naka no Inu (水の中の犬), 2007
  • English translation: A Dog in Water, translated by Maya Rosewood, Vertical, 2013
  • Auto ando Auto (Out & Out) (アウト&アウト), 2009
  • Kiddo (Kid) (キッド), 2010
  • Deddobōru (Dead Ball) (デッドボール), 2011
  • Kamisama no Okurimono (神様の贈り物), 2012
  • Kenka-Zaru (喧嘩猿), 2013

    • References

    Kazuhiro Kiuchi Wikipedia
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