Shuichi Shigeno
Comic Book Creator
1958 –
Who is Shuichi Shigeno?
Shuichi Shigeno is a Japanese manga artist famous for creating Initial D. Shigeno has also created Bari Bari Densetsu, Dopkan, and Tunnel Nuketara Sky Blue all prior to the manga that would make him famous in 1995. In 1985, he received the Kodansha Manga Award in shōnen for Bari Bari Densetsu.
He owns a 1980s Toyota Sprinter Trueno with a panda white color scheme, like Initial D's main character Takumi. He also owns a Sonic Blue Mica-colored 1999 WRX Type STi Version 6 with a STi sports bumper just like Takumi's father, Bunta. One of his notable students is Jyoji Morikawa, creator of Hajime no Ippo.
Shigeno made a cameo appearance in the 2006 Japanese-American film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
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- Born
- Mar 8, 1958
Matsunoyama, Niigata - Also known as
- 重野 秀一
- しげの しゅういち
- Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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