Yutaka Hara

Yutaka Hara
Born	(1953-04-28) April 28, 1953 Kumamoto
Occupation	Writer/illustrator
Language	Japanese
Nationality	Japanese
Notable works	Kaiketsu Zorori (Incredible Zorori)
Notable awards	KFS Contest Kodansha Children's Literature Award, 1974
Website
www.zorori.com

Yutaka Hara (原はら ゆたか, Hara Yutaka, born April 28, 1953) is a Japanese writer and illustrator of children's literature. He was born in Kumamoto in 1953, and is the winner of the 1974 KFS Contest Kodansha Children's Literature Award (KFSコンテスト・講談社こうだんしゃ児童じどう図書としょ部門ぶもん賞しょう受賞じゅしょう).

He is the author of several series of children's illustrated books including the very popular Kaiketsu Zorori (Incredible Zorori), Chiisana Mori (Small Forest), Meimon furaido chiken shougakkou (the famous fried chicken primary school]) and Touyuuki (Journey to the East: the title is a homage to the famous Chinese novel Journey to the West).

Works

• Spinach Man (ほうれんそうマンシリーズ)
• Kaiketsu Zorori (かいけつゾロリシリーズ)
• Ishishi and Noshishi's series (イシシとノシシのスッポコヘッポコへんてこ話ばなしシリーズ)
• Prestigious Fried Chicken Elementary School (名門めいもんフライドチキン小学校しょうがっこうシリーズ)
• Nyantan (にゃんたんシリーズ)
• Azumaasobi-ki (東遊あずまあそび記きシリーズ)
• Haunted Uta-kun (おばけのユータくんシリーズ)
• Magic Souvenir (魔法まほうのおみやげシリーズ)
• Pukapuka Chocolate Island (プカプカチョコレー島とうシリーズ)
• Yawamushi Ghost (よわむしおばけシリーズ)
• Small Forest (ちいさなもり)
• Santa Claus First Grader (サンタクロース一いち年生ねんせい)
• Mr. Dairobo (大だいどろぼうブラブラ氏し)
• Ninja Samurai Gum Chocolate Banana (にんじゃざむらい ガムチョコバナナシリーズ)

External links

• J'Lit | Authors : Yutaka Hara | Books from Japan (in English)
• Hara Yutaka's page Kaiketsu Zorori (in Japanese)
• Yutaka Hara on Japanese Sweets Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
• Sketch exhibition at Himeji Castle (in Japanese)
• Author Visit (in Japanese)
• New editions of Kaiketsu Zorori and Keroro Gunzo (Sgt Frog) (in Japanese)