is a Japanese manga artist. His name is romanized as Tohru Fujisawa on the Tokyopop English-language Great Teacher Onizuka books and as Toru Fujisawa on the Kodansha bilingual releases. His first serialized work was Adesugata Junjo Boy, published from 1989 in Weekly ShÃ
Ânen Magazine. Fujisawa's best-known work is Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO) about a biker, Eikichi Onizuka, and his attempt to become and remain a teacher. It is a sequel to ShÃ
Ânan Jun'ai Gumi! and its side story Bad Company. In 1998, Fujisawa won the Kodansha Manga Award for Great Teacher Onizuka.
Personal
Fujisawa was born and raised in Hokkaido and started drawing as a child. Fujisawa originally wanted to be in animation but decided manga would give him more freedom. He based Shonan Junai Gumi at a seaside location after growing up inland. At the age of 17, he moved to Tokyo by himself to become a manga artist. He wrote science fiction DÃ
Âjinshi and submitted them to publishers. He is a fan of Initial D and was inspired by Akira. He is also a fan of the beat 'em up video game Spartan X (Kung-Fu Master).
In 2010, he married actress Ayano Sugiyama.
Works
- Love You (1989, Magazine Fresh!, Kodansha)
- Adesugata Junjo Boy (è¶姿ç´ÂæÂÂ
Boy, 1989, Weekly ShÃ
Ânen Magazine, Kodansha)
- Shonan Junai Gumi (æ¹ÂÃ¥ÂÂç´ÂæÂÂçµÂ!, 1990âÂÂ1996, Weekly ShÃ
Ânen Magazine, Kodansha)
- Bad Company (1996, Weekly ShÃ
Ânen Magazine, Kodansha)
- Great Teacher Onizuka (1997âÂÂ2002, Weekly ShÃ
Ânen Magazine, Kodansha)
- Rose Hip Rose (2002âÂÂ2003, Young Magazine Uppers, Kodansha)
- Wild Base Ballers (2003, Weekly ShÃ
Ânen Magazine, Kodansha. Artwork by Taroh Sekiguchi)
- Himitsu Sentai Momoider (ã²ã¿ã¤æÂ¦éÂÂã¢ã¢ã¤ãÂÂã¼, 2003/2006-2007, Weekly Young Jump, Young Jump Extra Edition Mankaku, Shueisha)
- Tokko (ç¹åÂ
¬, 2004, Monthly Afternoon, Kodansha)
- Rose Hip Zero (2005âÂÂ2006, Weekly ShÃ
Ânen Magazine, Kodansha)
- Magnum Rose Hip (2006, Weekly ShÃ
Ânen Magazine, Kodansha)
- Kamen Teacher (ä»®é¢ãÂÂã£ã¼ãÂÂã£ã¼, 2006âÂÂ2007, Weekly Young Jump, Shueisha)
- Reverend D (2006-2007/2008/2009, Monthly Comic REX, Ichijinsha)
- Animal Joe (ã¢ãÂÂãÂÂã«JOE, 2006/2008, Big Comic Spirits, Shogakukan)
- Unhappy! (ãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂã£!, 2008, Comic Charge, Kadokawa)
- Tooi Hoshi kara Kita ALICE (é ãÂÂæÂÂãÂÂãÂÂæÂ¥ãÂÂALICE, 2008, Big Comic Spirits, Shogakukan)
- ' (2009-2011, Weekly ShÃ
Ânen Magazine, Kodansha)
- Repoman Soul! (ã‹ÂÂãÂÂã³éÂÂï¼Â, 2010, Weekly Young Jump, Shueisha)
- Soul Reviver (ã½ã¦ã«ãªã´ã¡ã¤ã´ã¡ã¼, 2011-2014, Monthly Hero's, Hero's Inc.)
- Ino-Head Gargoyle (äºÂã®é Â㋼ã´ã¤ã«, 2012-2014, Weekly Young Magazine, Kodansha)
- GT-R - Great Transporter Ryuji (2012, Weekly ShÃ
Ânen Magazine, Kodansha)
- Kamen Teacher BLACK (2013-2014, Weekly Young Jump, Shueisha)
- ' (2014-2024, Weekly Young Magazine, Kodansha)
- Oishii Kamishama (2014-2015, Weekly ShÃ
Ânen Sunday, Shogakukan)
- Soul Reviver South (ã½ã¦ã«ãªã´ã¡ã¤ã´ã¡ã¼ SOUTH, 2014-2016, Monthly Hero's Hero's Inc.)
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