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 (矢口やぐち高雄たかお, 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

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

  • Man's Path (おとこ道どう, Otoko Michi) (1970-1971, Weekly Shonen Sunday)
  • Matagi Side Story (マタギ列伝れつでん, Matagi Gaiden) (1972-1974, Top Comic (Akita Shoten))
  • Fishing Nuts (釣つりバカたち, Tsuri Baka-tachi) (1972-1983, Weekly Manga Action)
  • The Mysterious Wonder Snake Bachihebi (幻まぼろしの怪かい蛇へびバチヘビ, Maboroshi no Kaija Bachihebi) (1973, Weekly Shonen Magazine)
  • Oraga Village (おらが村むら, 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 (ニッポン博物はくぶつ誌し, Nippon Hakubutsushi) (1978-1979, 3 volumes, Weekly Shōnen Sunday)
  • Extreme Zodiac Investigative Report (劇的げきてき十じゅう二に支考しこう, 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 (新しん・おらが村むら, Shin Oraga-mura) (1988-1992, 4 volumes, Chŭkō Comics Three)
  • My Osamu Tezuka (ボクの手塚てづか治虫おさむ, Boku no Tezuka Osamu) (1989, Mainichi Shinbun)
  • Extreme Wave Magnitude 7.7 (激げき濤 Magnitude 7.7, Gekitō Magnichŭdo Nana-ten-Nana) (1989-1990, 3 volumes, Big Comic)
  • Diligent Study Era (蛍雪けいせつ時代じだい, Keisetsu Jidai) (1993-1995, Shimbun Akahata, a somewhat autobiographical account of his junior high school years)
  • Dropping Below 9!! Shōwa Banking Countryside Branch (9で割われ!!―昭和しょうわ銀行ぎんこう田園でんえん支店してん, 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 (奥おくの細道ほそみち, Oku no Hosomichi) (manga adaptation of the work by Bashō, volume 25 in the Manga Nihon no Koten (マンガ日本にっぽんの古典こてん) series, 1995, Chuokoron-Shinsha)
  • Unpolished Folklore (野性やせい伝説でんせつ, Yasei Densetsu) (created by Yukio Togawa, 1995-1998, Monthly Big Gold). Contains the following short works:
    • "Tsume Ō" (爪つま王おう)
    • "Hifū" (羆ひぐま風ふう)
    • "Return North" (北きたへ帰かえる, Kita he Kaeru)
    • "Ameirokaku to Sanbon Yubi" (飴色あめいろ角かくと三さん本ほん指ゆび)
  • Love Fish Sanpei Club (Love Fish三さん平ひらクラブ, 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

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

  1. ^ 矢口やぐち高雄たかお ふるさとって何なにですか [Yagushi Takao: What Is Your "Home Town"?] (in Japanese). KTC中央ちゅうおう出版しゅっぱん. September 2002. ISBN 487758255X.
  2. ^ a b c 「釣つりキチ三平さんぺい」漫画まんが家かの矢口やぐち高こう雄つよしさん死去しきょ　81歳さい ["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 漫画まんが家か矢口やこう高雄たかおさん死去しきょ　次女じじょ「眠ねむるように息いきを」 [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 矢口やぐち高雄たかお展てん　夢ゆめを見みて 描えがき続つづけて [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 漫画まんが家かの矢口やぐち高こう雄つよしさん死去しきょ　「釣つりキチ三平さんぺい」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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