Jun Hatanaka
Manga artist
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| Intro | Manga artist | |
| Places | Japan | |
| was | Comics artist Mangaka Artist Printmaker | |
| Work field | Arts Business Humor | |
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| Birth | 20 March 1950, Kokura, Japan | |
| Death | 13 June 2012Chōfu, Japan (aged 62 years) | |
| Star sign | Pisces |
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Biography
Jun Hatanaka (Japanese: 畑中 純, Hepburn: Hatanaka Jun, March 20, 1950 – June 13, 2012) was a Japanese manga and woodblock artist. Born in Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture, Tsukiyo (月夜) marked his debut as a professional manga artist in 1977. Two years later, his most well-known work, Mandaraya no Ryouta, began to be published in Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Weekly Manga Sunday magazine. He also served as an instructor in Tokyo Polytechnic University's Department of Manga before he died on June 13, 2012 from an abdominal aortic aneurysm in Chōfu, Tokyo.
Works
- Mandaraya no Ryouta (まんだら屋の良太) (Weekly Manga Sunday, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha)
- Genkai Yūkyōden Saburōmaru (玄海遊侠伝 三郎丸) (Weekly Manga Sunday, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha)
- Hyaku Hachi no Koi (百八の恋) (Weekly Morning, Kodansha)
- Obake (オバケ) (Weekly Morning, Kodansha)
- Risō Miya (理想宮) (Big Gold, Shogakukan)
- Dai Tama Tsukiyo (大多摩月夜) (Big Gold, Shogakukan)
- Orokamono no Hakuen (愚か者の楽園) (Shōsetsu Shinchō, Shinchosha)
- Gaki (ガキ) (Comic Tom, Ushio Shuppan)
- Ryouta (良太) (Monthly Comic Bingo, Bungeishunjū)
- Gokudō Mon (極道モン) (Jitsuwajidai, Media Boy)
- Gataro (ガタロ) (Garo, Seirindō)