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is a pioneer Japanese gag manga artist.
He was born in Rehe, Manchuria, the son of a Japanese military police officer. After the war, he grew up in Niigata Prefecture and Nara Prefecture. When he was 19, he moved to Tokyo.
While working at a chemical factory, he drew many manga. After that, Tokiwa-so accepted him. He started his career as a shōjo artist, but in 1958, his ''Nama-chan'' (ナマちゃん) became a hit, so he became a specialist in gag manga since then. He won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1964 for ''Osomatsu-kun''. He is said to have been influenced by Buster Keaton and MAD magazine. In 2000, he drew manga in braille for the blind.
He was known as a heavy drinker and smoker. From April 2002, he has been bedridden due to an Intra-axial hematoma.

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★ Kunio Hase

★ Mitsutoshi Furuya

★ Kazuyoshi Torii

★ Ken'ichi Kitami

★ Yoshiko Tsuchida

★ Kenichiro Takai

★ Tsutomu Adachi