Takahiro Sakuishi (Japanese: 作石貴浩, Hepburn: Sakuishi Takahiro, born March 16, 1969), better known by his pen name Harold Sakuishi (ハロルド作石, Harorudo Sakuishi), is a Japanese manga artist. Sakuishi has a wide variety of interests which include baseball (he is a huge Chunichi Dragons fan), martial arts, MMA, and music (he is a huge Red Hot Chili Peppers fan). Each of these has become the basis for his most popular series (baseball in Stopper Busujima, fighting in Bakaichi, and music in Beck). His series also often include character cameos from his past works; one of the newspaper reporters in Beck is actually from Stopper Busujima and so on. Additionally, he's a big fan of Sangokushi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) with an altered version of that story appearing in Beck written by "Christy Sakuishi". In Beck he included many famous people in background crowds. These included many popular musicians, characters from Happy Sangokushi and MMA legends Royce Gracie and Kazushi Sakuraba.
Harold Sakuishi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Takahiro Sakuishi 作石貴浩 March 16, 1969 Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Period | 1985- present |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Subject | Shōnen manga |
| Notable works | Beck |
| Notable awards | Kodansha Manga Award (1990 & 2002) |
Bibliography
edit- Gorillaman (ゴリラーマン), Weekly Young Magazine (1988 - 1994), collected in 19 volumes
- Bakaichi (1995)
- Stopper Busujima (1996)
- Beck (1999 – 2008)
- Seven Shakespeares (7人のシェイクスピア, nananin no She'ikusupia), Big Comic Spirits (2009 - 2011), collected in 12 volumes[1]
- Seven Shakespeares - Non Sanz Droict (7人のシェイクスピア NON SANZ DROICT), Weekly Young Magazine (2016 -)[2]
- Rin (リン), Monthly Shōnen Magazine (2013 - 2016), collected in 14 volumes
Video games
edit- Heavy Metal Thunder (2005)
Awards
edit- 7th Tetsuya Chiba Excellent Newcomer Award - Souwaikan (1987)
- 14th Kodansha Manga Award, general category - Gorillaman (1990)[3]
- 26th Kodansha Manga Award, shōnen category - Beck (2002)[3]
- 2018 International Spotlight Award from the Harvey Awards[4]
References
edit- ^ "Beck's Sakuishi to Launch Seven Shakespeare Manga".
- ^ "Exclusive: ComiXology Debuts Harold Sakuishi's Beck, Seven Shakespeares Manga Digitally". Anime News Network. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ a b Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ MacDonald, Heidi (October 6, 2018). "2018 Harvey Award Winners Announced". Comics Beat.
External links
edit- Harold Sakuishi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Profile at The Ultimate Manga Guide Archived 2013-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Harold Sakuishi at IMDb