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Takao Yaguchi

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Takao Yaguchi
Born
Takao Takahashi (髙橋 髙雄)

28 October 1939
Nishinaruse-mura, Ogachi District, Akita Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Died20 November 2020(2020-11-20) (aged 81)
NationalityJapanese
OccupationManga Artist
Notable work

Takao Yaguchi (矢口高雄, Yaguchi Takao, 28 October 1939 – 20 November 2020), real name Takao Takahashi (髙橋 髙雄, Takahashi Takao), 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

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Takao Yaguchi was born Takao Takahashi (髙橋 髙雄, Takahashi Takao) on 28 October 1939 in Nishinaruse-mura, Ogachi District, Akita Prefecture in the Empire of Japan.[1] 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.[2]

He died on 20 November 2020 after being admitted to the hospital for treatment of pancreatic cancer.[2][3][4]

Bibliography

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  • Man's Path (おとこ道, Otoko Michi) (1970-1971, Weekly Shonen Sunday)
  • Matagi Side Story (マタギ列伝, Matagi Gaiden) (1972-1974, Top Comic (Akita Shoten))
  • Fishing Nuts (釣りバカたち, Tsuri Baka-tachi) (1972-1983, Weekly Manga Action)
  • The Mysterious Wonder Snake Bachihebi (幻の怪蛇バチヘビ, Maboroshi no Kaija Bachihebi) (1973, Weekly Shonen Magazine)
  • Oraga Village (おらが村, Oraga-mura) (1973-1975, 3 volumes, Weekly Manga Action)
  • Fisherman Sanpei (1973-1983, 65 volumes, Weekly Shōnen Magazine)
  • Matagi (マタギ) (1975-1976, 3 volumes, Manga Action)
  • Toki (トキ) (1976, Kasakura Publishing)
  • Katsumi (かつみ) (1977, 3 volumes, Weekly Shōnen Sunday)
  • Japan Natural History (ニッポン博物誌, Nippon Hakubutsushi) (1978-1979, 3 volumes, Weekly Shōnen Sunday)
  • Extreme Zodiac Investigative Report (劇的十二支考, Gekiteki Jūnishi Kō) (1983-1984, Comic Morning)
  • Hometown (ふるさと, Furusato) (1983-1985, 11 volumes, Manga Action)
  • Heeey!! Mountain Echo (オーイ!!やまびこ) (1988-1990, 7 volumes, Mainichi Chŭgakusei Shinbun)
  • New Oraga Village (新・おらが村, Shin Oraga-mura) (1988-1992, 4 volumes, Chŭkō Comics Three)
  • My Osamu Tezuka (ボクの手塚治虫, Boku no Tezuka Osamu) (1989, Mainichi Shinbun)
  • Extreme Wave Magnitude 7.7 (激濤 Magnitude 7.7, Gekitō Magnichŭdo Nana-ten-Nana) (1989-1990, 3 volumes, Big Comic)
  • Diligent Study Era (蛍雪時代, Keisetsu Jidai) (1993-1995, Shimbun Akahata, a somewhat autobiographical account of his junior high school years)
  • Dropping Below 9!! Shōwa Banking Countryside Branch (9で割れ!!―昭和銀行田園支店, Kyuu de Ware!! Shōwa Ginkō Den'en Shiten) (1993-1995 and 2008-2009, Shōsetsu Chŭkō, a somewhat autobiographical account of his years as a banker)
  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North (奥の細道, Oku no Hosomichi) (manga adaptation of the work by Bashō, volume 25 in the Manga Nihon no Koten (マンガ日本の古典) series, 1995, Chuokoron-Shinsha)
  • Unpolished Folklore (野性伝説, Yasei Densetsu) (created by Yukio Togawa, 1995-1998, Monthly Big Gold). Contains the following short works:
    • "Tsume Ō" (爪王)
    • "Hifū" (羆風)
    • "Return North" (北へ帰る, Kita he Kaeru)
    • "Ameirokaku to Sanbon Yubi" (飴色角と三本指)
  • Love Fish Sanpei Club (Love Fish三平クラブ, Rabu Fisshu Sanpei Kurabu) (1998-1999, Comic Alpha)
  • Bass Boy Q (バスボーイQ, Basu Boi Kyū) (1999-2002, Crazy Bass)

Awards and recognition

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Year Organization Award title,
Category 		Work Result Refs
1974 Kodansha Kodansha Culture Award,
Childrens 		Fisherman Sanpei Won [3][4]
1976 Japan Cartoonists Association Japan Cartoonists Association Award,
Grand Prize 		Matagi Won [2][4][5]
2009 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Person of Local Cultural Merit Award - Won [5]

References

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  1. ^ 矢口高雄 ふるさとって何ですか [Yagushi Takao: What Is Your "Home Town"?] (in Japanese). KTC中央出版. September 2002. ISBN 487758255X.
  2. ^ a b c 「釣りキチ三平」漫画家の矢口高雄さん死去　81歳 ["Fisherman Sanpei" manga artist Yakao Yaguchi dead at 81]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b 漫画家矢口高雄さん死去　次女「眠るように息を」 [Manga artist Takao Yaguchi dead, second daughter says "Breathe like you're sleeping"] (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b c 矢口高雄展　夢を見て 描き続けて [Takao Yaguchi Exhibition: Realize Your Dreams and Keep Drawing] (in Japanese). Yonezawa Yoshihiro Memorial Library at Meiji University. 14 October 2022. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  5. ^ a b 漫画家の矢口高雄さん死去　「釣りキチ三平」など [Manga artist Takao Yaguchi dead, author of "Fisherman Sanpei", etc.] (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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