- Tetsuya Chiba
is a Japanese manga artist, famous for his sports stories.
He was born in
Tokyo ,Japan , but lived most of his early childhood inManchuria when it was still a Japanese colony during theSecond Sino-Japanese War .cite web |url=http://www.callenreese.com/chiba.html | title=Chiba Tetsuya | language=English | accessdate=2006-08-28] His father was working in a paper factory during that time they lived in China. One of his younger brothers is mangakaAkio Chiba . Chiba's works include "Tomorrow's Joe " ("Ashita no Joe "), his best known work. Many of his early titles are still in print due to continued popularity.Brief history
At the end of the Sino-Japanese War, Chiba's family lived in the attic of a work-acquaintance of his father until they could find a way to get back to Japan. In 1956, while still in
high school , Chiba wrote "Fukushū no Semushi Otoko" for a publisher that produced rental books and was paid ¥12315.Fact|date=February 2007 In 1958, he made his professional debut in "Shōjo Book " with "Butōkai no Shōjo". In the sixties, he wroteshōnen andshōjo manga at the same time. He won theShogakukan Manga Award forseinen /general manga in 1977 for "Notari Matsutarō ".cite web | url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html | title=小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 | publisher=Shogakukan | language=Japanese | accessdate=2007-08-19]Works
Listed chronologically.
*"Chikai no Makyū " ("Weekly Shonen Magazine ",Kodansha , Jan 1961–Dec 1962, created byKazuya Fukumoto )
*"1•2•3 to 4•5•Roku " ("Shōjo Club ", Kodansha, Jan–Dec 1962)
*"Shidenkai no Taka " ("Weekly Shonen Magazine", Jul 1963-Jan 1965)
*"Harisu no Kaze " ("Weekly Shonen Magazine", Apr 1965-Nov 1967)
*"Misokkasu " ("Shōjo Friend ", Kodansha, Aug 1966-Aug 1967)
*"Ashita no Joe" ("Weekly Shonen Magazine", Jan 1968-Jun 1973, written by Asao Takamori)
*"Akane-chan " ("Shōjo Friend",April 6 ,1968 -September 29 ,1968 )
*"Hotaru Minako " ("Weekly Shonen Magazine", Sep 1972)
*"Ore wa Teppei " ("Weekly Shonen Magazine", Aug 1973-Apr 1980)
*"Notari Matsutarō " ("Big Comic ",Shogakukan , Aug 1973-Jun 1993 and Oct 1995-May 1998)
*"Ashita Tenki ni Naare " ("Weekly Shonen Magazine", Jan 1981-May 1991)
*"Shōnen yo Racket o Idake " ("Weekly Shonen Magazine", May 1992-Jun 1994)References
External links
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* [http://www.phoenix.to/persons/chibatetsuya.html Chiba Tetsuya Profile] ja icon
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