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Place of Birth: Ikeda, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
About Kazuhiko Shimamoto
- Kazuhiko Shimamoto (?? ??, Shimamoto Kazuhiko, born Hidehiko Tezuka (?? ??, Tezuka Hidehiko) April 26, 1961 in Ikeda (early childhood in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist.
- He attended college at the Osaka University of Arts in the fine arts department.
- While in college in 1982, he debuted in the February special issue of Shonen Sunday with Hissatsu no Tenkosei.
- At this point he dropped out of college and devoted his energies to becoming a manga artist. Shimamoto is responsible for several long-running and well-known manga series.
- He drew Hono no Tenkosei, as well as the Moeyo Pen saga, which began as a 1 volume comic, but was continued in two more series totaling 24 volumes.
- He also worked with Shotaro Ishinomori on a Skull Man manga based on Ishinomori's originally intended storyline, which was licensed in the US by Tokyopop.
- His baseball manga Gyakkyou Nine was adapted into a live-action Japanese film. His past assistants include Katsu Aki, Masaaki Fujihara, Eisaku Kubonouchi and Tetsuo Sanjou.
- Some of his college classmates include Gainax founders Hideaki Anno and Hiroyuki Yamaga, among others.
- They later appeared as characters in his manga Aoi Honoo.Rumiko Takahashi, Mitsuru Adachi, Shotaro Ishinomori and Masami Kurumada are a great inspirations to continue with their works.
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