Nationality Japanese Occupation manga artist | Name Mitsuo Hashimoto Role Manga artist | |
Born November 5, 1955 (age 69) ( 1955-11-05 ) Sayama city, Saitama Prefecture, Japan |
Mitsuo Hashimoto (はしもと みつお or 橋本 光男, Hashimoto Mitsuo, born 5 November 1955 in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. After winning an honorable mention at the 11th Tezuka Awards in 1976 for his work Mīnya no Negai, he made his professional debut the following year in a special issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump with his work The Two Are Rivals (二人はライバル, Futari wa Raibaru). Since that time, he has published works in a variety of Shogakukan shōnen and seinen manga magazines.
His definitive works include Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime (art) and Itsumo Hōkago. Manga artist Hidenori Hara was his assistant for a time. Hashimoto was the assistant for Motoka Murakami for a time.
Works
All works are published by Shogakukan unless otherwise indicated.