, real name , was a Japanese manga artist. He specialized in manga with ecological messages. His most famous manga was Fisherman Sanpei, which won the Kodansha Children's Manga Award in 1974.
Biography
Takao Yaguchi was born on 28 October 1939 in Nishinaruse-mura, Ogachi District, Akita Prefecture in the Empire of Japan. He served as director on the board of directors for the Japan Cartoonists Association, and was an honorary director of the Masuda Manga Art Museum in Yokote.
He died on 20 November 2020 after being admitted to the hospital for treatment of pancreatic cancer.
Bibliography
- (1970-1971, Weekly Shonen Sunday)
- (1972-1974, Top Comic (Akita Shoten))
- (1972-1983, Weekly Manga Action)
- (1973, Weekly Shonen Magazine)
- (1973-1975, 3 volumes, Weekly Manga Action)
- Fisherman Sanpei (1973-1983, 65 volumes, Weekly ShÃ
Ânen Magazine)
- (1975-1976, 3 volumes, Manga Action)
- (1976, Kasakura Publishing)
- (1977, 3 volumes, Weekly ShÃ
Ânen Sunday)
- (1978-1979, 3 volumes, Weekly ShÃ
Ânen Sunday)
- (1983-1984, Comic Morning)
- (1983-1985, 11 volumes, Manga Action)
- (1988-1990, 7 volumes, Mainichi ChÃ
Âgakusei Shinbun)
- (1988-1992, 4 volumes, ChÃ
ÂkÃ
 Comics Three)
- (1989, Mainichi Shinbun)
- (1989-1990, 3 volumes, Big Comic)
- (1993-1995, Shimbun Akahata, a somewhat autobiographical account of his junior high school years)
- (1993-1995 and 2008-2009, ShÃ
Âsetsu ChÃ
ÂkÃ
Â, a somewhat autobiographical account of his years as a banker)
- (manga adaptation of the work by BashÃ
Â, volume 25 in the series, 1995, Chuokoron-Shinsha)
- (created by Yukio Togawa, 1995-1998, Monthly Big Gold). Contains the following short works:
- (1998-1999, Comic Alpha)
- (1999-2002, Crazy Bass)
Awards and recognition
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