Kazuo Umezu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kazuo Umezu

Japanese writer

Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1936

Place of Birth: Mount Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Profession: mangaka, lyricist, film director, tarento

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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Kazuo Umezu or Kazuo Umezz (?? ???, Umezu Kazuo, birth name ????), (born September 3, 1936 in Koya, Wakayama Prefecture, raised in Gojo , Nara Prefecture) is an author of Japanese horror and other manga, as well as a musician and actor. He had his first book of manga published while still in high school and made manga his career immediately upon graduation.
After moving to Tokyo in 1962 he developed his detailed horror manga style and has since published his comics in every genre from horror fiction to science fiction to humour.
He won the 20th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1974 for The Drifting Classroom.