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 most famous for the manga Ushio & Tora, for which he won Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1992 and the Seiun Award in 1997, and the long-running Karakuri Circus.
Kazuhiro Fujita 藤田 和日郎 | |
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Born | Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan | May 24, 1964
Area(s) | Manga artist |
Notable works | Ushio & Tora, Karakuri Circus, Moonlight Act, Sōbōtei Kowasubeshi |
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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 and Daijiro Morohoshi as influences.[6]