Hitoshi Iwaaki

Hitoshi Iwaaki
Born	(1960-07-28) July 28, 1960 (age 64) Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Manga artist
Known for	Parasyte, Historie
Awards	Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize - Grand Prize (2012)

Hitoshi Iwaaki (Japanese: 岩明 均, Hepburn: Iwaaki Hitoshi, born July 28, 1960) is a Japanese manga artist, whose works include the science-fiction/horror series Parasyte.

Career

During high school, he was reading a lot of manga by Osamu Tezuka, which inspired him to begin drawing manga himself. He began working as an assistant for manga artist Kazuo Kamimura in 1984. In 1985, his short story "Gomi no Umi" won the newcomer award Tetsuya Chiba Award and was published in a special edition of Morning magazine. Since then, he has worked mainly for Kodansha, especially Monthly Afternoon magazine.^[1]

In 1993, Iwaaki received the Kodansha Manga Award for Parasyte.^[2] In 2010, Historie took the grand prize in the manga division of the Japan Media Arts Festival.^[3] Historie also earned him the 2012 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize.^[4] Iwaaki won the 2020 Saito Takao Award for his work on Reiri.^[5]

Works

• Gomi no Umi (ゴミの海) (1985; published in Kodansha's Morning Open Zōkan)^[6]
• Fūko no Iru Mise [ja] (風子のいる店) (1986–1988; serialized in Kodansha's Morning; 4 volumes)
• Parasyte (寄生獣, Kiseijū) (1989–1994; serialized in Kodansha's Morning Open Zōkan (1989) and Monthly Afternoon (1989–1994); 10 volumes)
• Hone no Oto [ja] (骨の音) (1990; short stories collection volume published by Kodansha)
• Tanabata no Kuni (七夕の国) (1996–1999; serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits;^[6] 4 volumes)
• Yuki no Tōge, Tsurugi no Mai [ja] (雪の峠・剣の舞) (2001;^[7] collected volume of two stories published in Kodansha's Morning Shin-Magnum Zōkan (1999) and Akita Shoten's Young Champion (2000))^[8]
• Heureka [ja] (ヘウレーカ) (2001–2002; serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal Arashi;^[9][10] 1 volume)
• Historie (ヒストリエ, Hisutorie) (2003–present (on hiatus since 2022);^[11] serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon; 11 volumes)
• Reiri [ja] (レイリ) (illustrated by Daisuke Muroi) (2015–2018; serialized in Akita Shoten's Bessatsu Shōnen Champion [ja]; 6 volumes)^[12][13]

References

1. Kido, Misaki (November 2, 2016). "Creator Interview: Hitoshi Iwaaki on Parasyte". Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
2. Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on August 16, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2007.
3. "Japan Media Arts Festival Awards". Anime News Network. December 8, 2010. Archived from the original on December 9, 2022. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
4. "Tezuka Cultural Awards". Archived from the original on June 27, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
5. さいとう・たかを賞受賞に岩明均「『レイリ』は僕が一兵卒だったから生まれた」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 17, 2020. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
6. 「岩明均」全覧・著者略歴 (in Japanese). eBook Initiative Japan Co., Ltd. [ja]. Archived from the original on January 13, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
7. 雪の峠・剣の舞 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on January 12, 2004. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
8. 雪の峠・剣の舞 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on January 13, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
9. ヤングアニマル嵐 Vol.4 (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Archived from the original on October 12, 2001. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
10. ヤングアニマル嵐 Vol.6 (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Archived from the original on October 9, 2002. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
11. "Outside the Royal Palace (6)" 王宮の外・6. Monthly Afternoon. Historie (in Japanese). No. October 2022. Kodansha. August 24, 2022. p. 371.
12. Pennyfeather, Kevin (October 14, 2015). "Parasyte's Iwaaki Launches Reiri Manga With Artist Daisuke Muroi". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 13, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
13. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 11, 2018). "Parasyte's Hitoshi Iwaaki, Artist Daisuke Muroi End Reiri Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 13, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024.

External links

• Hitoshi Iwaaki at Anime News Network's encyclopedia