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Artist · Japan

Born 1955

In their own script

“いがらしみきお”

No photograph on recordいがらしみきお
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Born1955
Born inKami district
First credit1995
CountryJapan
Workmangaka
Comics on record3

Mikio Igarashi.

mangaka

Japan, Born 1955

In short

Mikio Igarashi (いがらしみきお or 五十嵐 三喜夫, Igarashi Mikio) is a Japanese manga artist born 13 January 1955 in the town of Nakaniida (now Kami), Kami District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, though he lives in the city of Sendai. He is best known for his manga series Bonobono and Ninpen Manmaru. In 1988, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for Bonobono and the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga for Ninpen Manmaru.

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Biodata

Born
1955, Kami district
Citizenship
Japan
Active
1995
Work
mangaka
Career

Mikio Igarashi, in numbers

Bonobono, 1987Manmaru the Ninja Penguin, 1995Hitsuji no Ki, 20113works
Works by year, 1987 to 2011. Known for
1works1980s2000s
Works by decade. Busiest: the 1980s.

Sketchbook

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Known for

The essential Mikio Igarashi