He was born in Isesaki City (Gunma prefecture) and debuted in manga in 1970 in the Deluxe Shounen Sunday after being finalist in a contest promoted by monthly magazine Com in september of 1967 (he was only 16 years old). In the 80s many of his comics become best-sellers and they are converted in animation or live-action TV series and films. After Miyuki (serialized in Shounen Big Comic in 1980), he did Nain (Nine), which was his first animation film adaptation; Tacchi (Touch, serialized in t ...[Read Story]