Kimio Yanagisawa

Comic Book Creator

1948 –

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Who is Kimio Yanagisawa?

Kimio Yanagisawa is a Japanese manga artist born on September 26, 1948 in Gosen-shi, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. His real name is pronounced the same way, but is written as 柳澤 公夫. He graduated from Niigata Prefectural Muramatsu High School two years prior to Yoshifumi Kondō. After graduation, he attended Wakō University where he studied fine arts.

In 1972, Yanagisawa won an honorable mention in the 4th Tezuka Shō Manga Story contest for his story Makeru na Kisaburō. His contemporary, Kazuhito Kurosaki, also won second place in the same contest. In 1978, he won the 3rd Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for Tonda Couple.

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Born
1948
Gosen
Nationality
  • Japan
Lived in
  • Niigata Prefecture
  • Gosen

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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