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Yoshihiro Yonezawa
A photograph of Comiket's co-founder and president, Yoshihiro Yonezawa.
A photograph of Comiket's co-founder and president, Yoshihiro Yonezawa.
Born(1953-03-21)March 21, 1953
Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
DiedOctober 1, 2006(2006-10-01) (aged 53)
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Occupationmanga critic & Comiket co-founder and president
NationalityJapanese
SubjectManga
SpouseEiko Yonezawa

Yoshihiro Yonezawa (米澤よねざわ 嘉博よしひろ, Yonezawa Yoshihiro, March 21, 1953 – October 1, 2006) was a Japanese manga critic and author. He is also known for being Comiket's co-founder and president. He died of lung cancer at 53. He won the 2007 Seiun Award in the special category and 2010 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Special Award.

Biography

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Born in Kumamoto, Japan, on March 21, 1953,[1] Yoshihiro Yonezawa began drawing parodies of his favourite manga characters with the encouragement of his father when he was a child.[2] As a fan of Osamu Tezuka and Shigeru Mizuki he would start dōjin activities in middle school, releasing several works under the circle "Azu Manga Research Club." In 1969, Yonezawa joined the staff of Kyukon and met SF writer Shinji Kajio at age 16.[3] Yonezawa would go on to attend Kumamoto Prefectural Kumamoto High School where he participated in anti-war student activism, throwing molotov cocktails while protesting the stationing of American nuclear aircraft carriers at USFA Sasebo and getting detained by the police. He began criticizing manga while he was studying engineering at Meiji University,[1] as part of the group Meikyu.[4] Yonezawa has said that in the early 1970s, mostly mainstream manga were published, as there were few manga magazines at that time.[5] COM, a manga magazine with a reputation for publishing experimental manga had closed in 1972, and Yonezawa believed that by 1973 and 1974, it was very difficult to publish "unusual" works in anything other than "underground" zines devoted to dōjinshi.[6] To explore the potential of the medium,[5] he co-founded Comiket (The Comic Market) in 1975 with Harada Teruo (chairman) and Aniwa Jun, who were university students.[6][7] Comiket is a bi-annual, 3-day event where dōjinshi manga is brought and traded. Yonezawa's publication of The History of Post War Manga Trilogy in 1980 showed his devotion to reviewing and chronicling manga.[8] He was a judge for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.[9] In 1999, he received the 21st Japan Society of Publishing Studies Award for Bessatsu Taiyo: Hakkinbon.[4] Since 1999, he regularly reviewed manga on his column, "Yoshihiro Yonezawa's Commentary on Contemporary Mangas [sic]", in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Flapper until October 2006.[10] He was posthumously awarded the 2007 Seiun Award in the special category,[11][12] and the special Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2010.[13]

He was hospitalised on September 30, 2006,[9] and on October 1, 2006, Yonezawa died of lung cancer at age 53.[8] On the last day of Comiket 71 which was held from December 29 to 31, 2006, as announced in the event's catalogue, a thirty seconds of silence was held on 15:59 just before the announcement of closing.

Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library

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Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subcultures 2012-02-26

In 2009, Meiji University opened a library housing dōjinshi, manga- and anime-related circle newsletters, as well as commercially published manga and manga magazines. The collection, which at present largely consists of Yonezawa's personal collection, donated by his widow, has been named “Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subcultures.” The library is located at the university's Surugadai campus. The core collection comprises Yonezawa's dōjinshi collection, consisting of 4,137 boxes,[14] or over 140,000 items.[15] The library will also incorporate the collection of Tsuguo Iwata.[14] The construction of the new library complex is expected to be complete in 2015.[16]

Works

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  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (1980) Sengō SF Mangashi (戦後せんごＳＦマンガ史し, lit. "A History of Postwar SF Manga") Tokyo: Shinpyōsha
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (1980) Sengō Shōjo Mangashi (戦後せんご少女しょうじょマンガ史し, lit. "A History of Postwar Girls' Manga") Tokyo : Shinpyōsha
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (1981) Sengō Gyaggu Mangashi (戦後せんごギャグマンガ史し, lit. "A History of Postwar Gag Manga") Tokyo: Shinpyōsha
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro, ed. (1991) Kodomo no Shōwa-shi: Shōjo manga no sekai I, Shōwa 20 nen – 37 nen (子供こどもの昭和しょうわ史し──少女しょうじょマンガの世界せかい I 昭和しょうわ20年ねん〜37年ねん "A Children's History of Showa-Era Japan: The World of Shōjo Manga I, 1945–1962") Bessatsu Taiyō series. Tokyo: Heibonsha
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro, ed. (1991) Kodomo no Shōwa-shi: Shōjo manga no sekai II, Shōwa 38 nen – 64 nen (子供こどもの昭和しょうわ史し──少女しょうじょマンガの世界せかい II 昭和しょうわ38年ねん〜64年ねん "A Children's History of Showa-Era Japan: The World of Shōjo Manga II, 1963–1989") Bessatsu Taiyō series. Tokyo: Heibonsha
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (1997) Tezuka Osamu manga taizen : kodomo no shōwashi (手塚てづか治虫おさむマンガ大全たいぜん： 子こどもの昭和しょうわ史し) Tokyo : Heibonsha ISBN 4-582-94291-1
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (1999) アメリカＢ級きゅうグッズ道どう "The World of Collection B-Class American Memorabilia"
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2001) Sengō ero manga-shi (戦後せんごエロマンガ史し, lit. "A History of Postwar ero manga") Tokio: Seirinkogeisha ISBN 978-4883792580
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2002) 戦後せんご野球やきゅうマンガ史し "The History of Post War Baseball Manga" Heibonsha
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2002) 藤子とうこ不二雄ふじお論ろん―Fと(A)の方程式ほうていしき "On Fujiko Fujio ~ The Formula of F and (A)"
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2003) The Worldwide Phenomenon of Anime: Past and Present Nipponia 27
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2004) マンガで読よむ「涙なみだ」の構造こうぞう "The Formalism of "Tears" As Depicted In Manga" NHK
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2007) Tezuka Osamu mangaron (手塚てづか治虫おさむマンガ論ろん) Tokyo : Kawade Shobō Shinsha ISBN 978-4-309-26959-7

References

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  1. ^ a b Toku, Masami. "Yoshihiro Yonezawa". csuchico.edu. Archived from the original on October 13, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Schodt, Frederik L. (1999). Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga (2 ed.). Stone Bridge Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-880656-23-5.
  3. ^ "Yoshihiro Yonezawa: Profile" (in Japanese). Meiji University. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
  4. ^ a b "MEIJI UNIVERSITY TOP｜Tokyo International Manga Library｜Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subculture｜The Man and His Work".
  5. ^ a b Schodt, Frederik L. (1999). Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga (2 ed.). Stone Bridge Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-880656-23-5.
  6. ^ a b Gelder, Ken (2005). "Amateur Manga Subculture". The Subcultures Reader (2 ed.). Routledge. pp. 542–543. ISBN 978-0-415-34415-9.
  7. ^ "World's Biggest Underground Comic Convention". Anime News Network. August 17, 2000. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
  8. ^ a b "Yoshihiro Yonezawa Dies". Anime News Network. October 2, 2006. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
  9. ^ a b マンガ評論ひょうろん家かの米沢よねざわ嘉博よしひろさん死去しきょ コミケ代表だいひょう長ながく務つとめる. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Japan. October 1, 2006. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
  10. ^ "Mangas [sic] that Sell, Mangas [sic] that are Memorable". Japanese Writers' House. February 20, 2007. Retrieved May 13, 2009.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Nippon2007 Convention Hands Out 38th Seiun Awards (Updated)". Anime News Network. September 4, 2007. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
  12. ^ 2007年ねん星雲せいうん賞しょう (in Japanese). Seiun Award. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
  13. ^ "14th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced". Anime News Network. April 19, 2010. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  14. ^ a b "Dojin Manga Library "Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library" opening this Summer". en.gigazine.net. April 2, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2009.; "米沢よねざわ嘉博よしひろ記念きねん図書館としょかんTOP" (in Japanese). Meiji University. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
  15. ^ Galbraith, Patrick L. (June 14, 2009). "New university library puts focus on the fans". The Japan Times. Retrieved July 26, 2009.; "Manga Library in Japan," New York Times. October 26, 2009.
  16. ^ "Manga Library in Japan," New York Times. October 26, 2009.
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