Kotobuki Shiriagari

Kotobuki Shiriagari (しりあがり 寿, Shiriagari Kotobuki) is a Japanese manga artist and actor from Shizuoka, Japan, known for his dark humor and social criticism. In early 1981, after graduating from Tama Art University, he began to work as an advertising illustrator for Kirin Brewery Company. He maintained his regular day job, while developing his manga work, until 1994. His first manga series was Ereki na Haru, a strip launched in 1985. He has been teaching at the School of Progressive Arts in Kobe Design University since 2006.

Known for his "gag" manga, Shiriagari keeps his humor close to the dramatic aspects of life. "I always have the choice of telling it with laughter," he said in an interview about his storytelling. His series appears regularly in Comic Beam and experimental Magazine AX.

Manga

• Ereki na Haru (エレキな春), 1985
• Ora Rokoko da (おらあロココだ) Hakusensha 1987
• O.Shi.Go.To. (おしごと), Hanako / Magazine House, 1992
• Koisomore-sensei (コイソモレ先生), 1993
• Hinshi no Esseiisto (瀕死のエッセイスト), 1993–2002
• Ryuusei Kachou (流星課長), Take Shobou, 1996
• Yajikita in Deep (弥次喜多 in DEEP), 1997–2002
• Futago no Oyaji (双子のオヤジ), 1998–2001
• Jijö Oyaji 2000 (時事おやじ2000), 2000
• Haikai rōjin Don Quichote (徘徊老人ドンキホーテ), 2001
• Shin Hige no OL Sasako Yabuuchi (真・ヒゲのOL藪内笹子), Enterbrain, 2002–2004
• Chikyu Boei Ke no Hitobito (地球防衛家のヒトビト), Asahishimbunsha, 2004
• Mayonaka no Mizukokikado (真夜中の水戸黄門), Comic Beam, 2004–2005
• Mayonaka no Hige no Yaji-san Kita-san (真夜中のヒゲの弥次さん喜多さん), 2005
• Hogaraka Shinjiru Kimi (ほがらか信じる君)
• Gero Gero Pusuka (ゲロゲロプースカ) Comic Beam, 2006

Films

• 1997 - Tokyo biyori
• 2004 - Kyûtî Hanî
• 2004 - Koi no mon
• 2005 - Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
• 2007 - Quiet room ni yôkoso

Video games

• Logos Panic Goaisatu (ロゴスパニックごあいさつ) - characters design
• WarioWare: D.I.Y. (メイド イン 俺) - comics

Kotobuki's series Jiji Oyaji 2000 and Yuruyuru Oyaji won the Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 2000.

He received the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize excellence Award in 2001 for his manga Yajikita in Deep.