Kazuhiro Fujita

Kazuhiro Fujita
藤田和日郎
Kazuhiro Fujita 藤田和日郎
	Kazuhiro Fujita at Lucca Comics & Games 2016
Born	May 24, 1964 (age 60); Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan
Area(s)	Manga artist
Notable works	Ushio & Tora, Karakuri Circus, Moonlight Act, Sōbōtei Kowasubeshi
Awards	Shogakukan Newcomer Comic Award (1988); Shōnen Sunday Comic Grand Prix (1989); Shogakukan Manga Award (1992); Seiun Award (1997);

Kazuhiro Fujita (藤田和日郎, Fujita Kazuhiro, born May 24, 1964 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan)^[4] is a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Nihon University.^[5] He made his professional manga debut in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1989. He is known for his manga series Ushio & Tora and Karakuri Circus. For Ushio & Tora, Fujita won the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category in 1992 and the Seiun Award in 1997.

Influences

Fujita stated that he wanted to become a manga artist after reading Rumiko Takahashi's "When My Eyes Got Wings" (闇をかけるまなざし, Yami wo Kakeru Manazashi). He also named Yōsuke Takahashi, Satoshi Yoshida [ja] and Daijiro Morohoshi as influences.^[6]

Works

Ushio & Tora (うしおととら, Ushio to Tora), 1990–1996, 33 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Yoru no Uta (夜の歌), 1995 (collection of short stories published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from 1988 to 1994)
Karakuri Circus (からくりサーカス, Karakuri Sākasu) 1997–2006, 43 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Akatsuki no Uta (暁の歌), 2004 (collection of short stories published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Young Sunday from 1996 to 2003)
Jagan wa Gachirin ni Tobu (邪眼は月輪に飛ぶ), 2006–2007, one volume, Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits
The Black Museum: Springald (黒博物館スプリンガルド, Kuro Hakubutsukan Supuringarudo), 2007, one volume, Kodansha's Morning^[7]
Moonlight Act (月光条例, Gekkō Jōrei), 2008–2014, 29 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday
The Black Museum: Ghost and Lady (黒博物館ゴーストアンドレデ, Kuro Hakubutsukan Gōsuto ando Redi), 2014–2015, 2 volumes, Kodansha's Morning
Sōbōtei Kowasubeshi (双亡亭壊すべし), 2016–2021, 25 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday
The Black Museum: Mikazuki Yo, Kaibutsu to Odore (黒博物館三日月よ、怪物と踊れ, Kuro Hakubutsukan Mikazuki Yo, Kaibutsu to Odore), 2022–2023, 6 volumes, Kodansha's Morning

Other

Ayakashidō no Hōrai (あやかし堂のホウライ), 2004–2006, original concept, 3 volumes, Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Super
BakéGyamon (妖逆門, Bakegyamon), 2006–2007, original concept

Anime adaptations

Ushio & Tora, 1992–1993 10-episode OVA
Ushio & Tora: Comically Deformed Theater, 1993 one-episode parody OVA
Karakuri Circus, 1998 Weekly Shōnen Sunday commercial
Puppet Princess, 2000 one-episode OVA adapting a short story published in Yoru no Uta
Ushio & Tora, 2015–2016 anime television series
Karakuri Circus, 2018–2019 anime television series

Master

Yoshitoh Asari [ja]^[8] (Space Family Carlvinson)

Assistants

Nobuyuki Anzai^[9]
Kazurou Inoue^[9]
Yukio Katayama [ja]^[9] (Hanamote Katare, Furo Girl!, Yoake no Ryodan)
Tatsuya Kaneda [ja]^[9] (Ayakashidō no Hōrai)
Makoto Raiku^[9]
Hiroshi Fukuda [ja]^[9] (Mushibugyō, 5-fungo no Sekai, Rock wa Lady no Tashinamideshite)

References

^ ^a ^b 『うしおととら』『からくりサーカス』の藤田和日郎氏、重大発表を予告. Oricon (in Japanese). March 7, 2018. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
^ 小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
^ 星雲賞受賞作品リスト. nippon2007.org (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 21, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
^ 藤田和日郎. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
^ Nakano, Hiroyuki (September 2000). マンガ家スペシャルインタビュー藤田和日郎 [Manga Artist Special Interview – Kazuhiro Fujita]. Da Vinci (in Japanese) (77). Media Factory: 108–109.
^ 藤田和日郎先生直撃インタビュー完全版 – 第2回マンガ家を目指した経緯. Jump SQ. (in Japanese). Shueisha. August 2008. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
^ Mainichi review: Springald Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
^ Fujita, Kazuhiro (July 16, 2006). からくりサーカス公式ガイドブックサーカスのすべて [Karakuri Circus Official Guidebook — All About the Circus] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. p. 252. ISBN 4-09-127771-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Fujita, Kazuhiro (July 16, 2006). からくりサーカス公式ガイドブックサーカスのすべて [Karakuri Circus Official Guidebook — All About the Circus] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. pp. 264–275. ISBN 4-09-127771-3.

External links

Kazuhiro Fujita's Backstage section at Web Sunday (in Japanese)
Kazuhiro Fujita at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[Oricon-1] 『うしおととら』『からくりサーカス』の藤田和日郎氏、重大発表を予告. Oricon (in Japanese). March 7, 2018. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.

[ShogakukanAward-2] 小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2007-08-19.

[3] 星雲賞受賞作品リスト. nippon2007.org (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 21, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2021.

[4] 藤田和日郎. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2022.

[5] Nakano, Hiroyuki (September 2000). マンガ家スペシャルインタビュー藤田和日郎 [Manga Artist Special Interview – Kazuhiro Fujita]. Da Vinci (in Japanese) (77). Media Factory: 108–109.

[6] 藤田和日郎先生直撃インタビュー完全版 – 第2回マンガ家を目指した経緯. Jump SQ. (in Japanese). Shueisha. August 2008. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2021.

[7] Mainichi review: Springald Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine

[8] Fujita, Kazuhiro (July 16, 2006). からくりサーカス公式ガイドブックサーカスのすべて [Karakuri Circus Official Guidebook — All About the Circus] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. p. 252. ISBN 4-09-127771-3.

[guidep264-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Fujita, Kazuhiro (July 16, 2006). からくりサーカス公式ガイドブックサーカスのすべて [Karakuri Circus Official Guidebook — All About the Circus] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. pp. 264–275. ISBN 4-09-127771-3.

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