Daichi Banjō

Daichi Banjō
Born	Akinori Kidera (木き寺てら 昭徳あきのり, Kidera Akinori) (1969-01-28) January 28, 1969 Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Area(s)	Manga artist, illustrator
Notable works	Dan Doh!!
Collaborators	Nobuhiro Sakata

Akinori Kidera (木き寺てら 昭徳あきのり, Kidera Akinori, born January 28, 1969 in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan), known under the pen name Daichi Banjō (万まん乗じょう 大智たいち, Banjō Daichi), is a Japanese manga artist. His most notable work was the sports manga Dan Doh!!, written by Nobuhiro Sakata, in which he was the illustrator.

Biography

In 1991, Banjo won the 21st Shogakukan New Artist Award for "Feron 11" as well as an honorable mention for the "Fujiko Fujio Award". That same year, one of his works appeared in the CoroCoro Comic Summer Special. After graduating from Seinan Gakuin University, he worked as an assistant to Takashi Shiina. In 1992 he made his formal debut under the pen name "Daichi Banjō" with the short story "Puma" in a special issue of Shōnen Sunday. In 1995, he became the illustrator for the Dan Doh!! sports manga series written by Nobuhiro Sakata. The series ran from 1995 to 2000 on Weekly Shonen Jump for 29 tankōbon volumes and its sequels Dan Doh! Xi and Dan Doh! Next Generation ran in Shonen Sunday from 2000 to 2005 for 15 and 4 volumes, respectively. It was also adapted into an anime series. In 2006, he worked on the series Bushin which was serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday. Other manga series include Mobile Suit Gundam: The Hunters in Black and Mobile Suit Gundam Aggressor.

Works

Title	Year	Notes	Refs
Dan Doh!	1995–2000	Illustrator, written by Nobuhiro Sakata. Serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday Published by Shogakukan in 29 volumes
Dan Doh!! Xi	2000–03	Illustrator, written by Nobuhiro Sakata. Serialized in Shonen Sunday Published by Shogakukan in 15 volumes
Dan Doh!! ~ Next Generation	2004–05	Illustrator, written by Nobuhiro Sakata. Serialized in Shonen Sunday Published by Shogakukan in 4 volumes
Sairen (ja:サイレン 〜ETERNAL SIREN〜, Siren)	2005–06	screenplay. Serialized in Young Sunday Comics, Published in 1 volume
Bushin (ja:武たけ心こころ BUSHIN)	2006–07	Serialized in Shonen Sunday Published by Shogakukan in 5 volumes
An koro. Funabashi Wakamatsu 1-chōme wa uma yūsen (あんころ。船橋ふなばし若松わかまつ1丁目ちょうめは馬うま優先ゆうせん)	2007–08	Serialized in Young Sunday Comics Published in 5 volumes
Gen'eishōnen (ja:幻影げんえい少年しょうねん, Ghost Boy)	2009–11	Serialized in Shonen Sunday Published by Shogakukan in 6 volumes
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Hunters in Black (ja:機動きどう戦士せんしガンダム 黒衣くろごの狩人かりゅうど, Kidō Senshi Gundam: Kokui no Kariudo)	2013	Manga artist. Original story by Yatate Hajime and Tomino Yoshiyuki. Serialized in Shonen Sunday Super, Published in 1 volume
Mobile Suit Gundam Aggressor (機動きどう戦士せんしガンダム アグレッサー)	2014	Manga artist. Original story by Yatate Hajime and Tomino Yoshiyuki. Serialized in Shonen Sunday S Published by Shogakukan in 2 volumes
Girishia shinwa (ギリシア神話しんわ, Greek Mythology)		Serialized in Shogakukan learning Manga World Masterpiece Museum Published in 1 volume
Chō henkan taisen moji bakeru G (超ちょう変換へんかん大戦たいせんもじバケるG)		Serialized in Colo Comics Published in 3 volumes

External links

• Daichi Banjō at Anime News Network's encyclopedia