is a Japanese columnist and cartoonist.
Born in Tokyo to Jun'ichi Natsume, grandson of novelist Natsume SÃ Âseki, he attended Aoyama Gakuin University, where he graduated in 1973.
He was awarded the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (Special Award) in 1999 for excellence in criticism of manga.
He has written the book (2005), which was illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga.