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Place of Birth: Gosen, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
About Kimio Yanagisawa
- Kimio Yanagisawa (Japanese: ?? ???, Hepburn: Yanagisawa Kimio, born September 26, 1948) is a Japanese manga artist His real name is pronounced the same way, but is written with the kanji ?? ??.
- He graduated from Niigata Prefectural Muramatsu High School two years prior to Yoshifumi Kondo.
- After graduation, he attended Wako University where he studied fine arts.In 1972, Yanagisawa won an honorable mention in the 4th Tezuka Sho Manga Story contest for his story Makeru na Kisaburo (submitted under his real name).
- His contemporary, Kazuhito Kurosaki, also won second place in the same contest.
- In 1978, he won the 3rd Kodansha Manga Award for shonen for Tonda Couple.
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