Akira Oze

Akira Oze
Born	July 26, 1947 (1947-07-26) (age 64) Osaka, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Manga artist
Notable works	Natsuko's Sake Hatsukoi Scandal Tobe! Jinrui II
Awards	31st Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga - Hatsukoi Scandal and Tobe! Jinrui II

Akira Oze (尾瀬あきら, Oze Akira^?, born 26 July 1947 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut in 1971 under the penname Aguma Matsumoto (松本めぐむ^?) writing shōnen manga, but he switched in the 1980s to seinen manga. He is best known for Natsuko's Sake, which was adapted as a live-action television series. Oze won the 1986 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga for Hatsukoi Scandal and Tobe! Jinrui II.^[1]

Selected works

• Tobe! Jinrui (とべ!人類^?) (1978, 1 volume)
• Hatsukoi Scandal (初恋スキャンダル^?) (1981–1986, 18 volumes)
• Ryū (リュウ^?) (1986–1987, 7 volumes) - story by Masao Yajima
• Natsuko's Sake (夏子の酒, Natsuko no Sake^?) (1988–1991, 12 volumes)
• The Story of My Village (ぼくの村の話, Boku no Mura no Hanashi^?) (1992–1994, 7 volumes)
• The Legend of Minori (みのり伝説, Minori Densetsu^?) (1994–1997, 9 volumes)
• Island of Light (光の島^?) (2001–2004, 8 volumes)

References

1. ^ "小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html. Retrieved 2007-08-19. 

External links

• Official Website (Japanese)
• Akira Oze at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Profile at The Ultimate Manga Guide

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