to him, he has "tournament luck" and has even won mahjong tournaments between mahjong manga artists. He has also participated in professional mahjong matches. He played about two games against Akagi and Kaiji's voice actor Masato Hagiwara, who is known as one of the best mahjong players in the entertainment industry, and made Hagiwara say "I don't think I can beat him." Works (1977) - Maiden work (1980, Monthly Shōnen Champion) - Debut (1980, Monthly Shōnen Champion) (1980, Monthly Shōnen Champion) - First serial story (1982) (1983, Morning) (1986, Manga Action) (1986-1995, Kindai Mahjong Original) (1987-1988, Tokusen Mahjong) (1989–2002, Kindai Mahjong Gold) (1990, Gekiga Mahjong Jidai) (1990, Weekly Shōnen Magazine) (1990–1991, Keiba Gold) (1991–2018, Kindai Mahjong) (1992–1996, Action Pizazz) (1996, Weekly Manga Sunday) (1996–1999, Weekly Young Magazine) (2000–2004, Weekly Young Magazine) (2004–2007, Weekly Young Magazine) (2009–2012, Weekly Young Magazine) (2013–2017, Weekly Young Magazine) (2017–present, Weekly Young Magazine) (1999, Pachinko Jidai) (2000-2001, Weekly Shōnen Magazine) (2002–2006, Big Comic Original) (2013–2020, Big Comic Original) (2007–2009, Weekly Shōnen Magazine) (2011–2013, Weekly Shōnen Magazine) (2019–present, Kindai Mahjong) As writer (1998, Young Magazine Uppers) — Illustrated by Kaiji Kawaguchi (1999, Young Magazine Uppers) — Illustrated by Kaiji Kawaguchi (2011, theatrical film) — Screenplay (2020, theatrical film) — Original story, screenplay As supervisor (2008–2012, Kindai Mahjong Original) - Written by Keiichirō Hara, spin-off of Akagi (2012–2014, Kindai Mahjong Original → Kindai Manga) - Written by Keiichirō Hara (2009–2021, Kindai Mahjong) - Written by Jirō Maeda, spin-off of Ten (2015–2020, Monthly Young Magazine → Comic Days) - Written by Tensei Hagiwara, illustrated by Tomohiro Hashimoto and Tomoki Miyoshi, spin-off of Kaiji (2017–present, Weekly Young Magazine) - Written by Tensei Hagiwara, illustrated by Motomu Uehara and Kazuya Arai, spin-off of Kaiji (2017–present, Yawaraka Spirits) - Written by Kenji Yokoi, illustrated by Motomu Uehara and Kazuya Arai, spin-off of The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa! (2021–present, Morning) - Written by Tensei Hagiwara, illustrated by Tomoki Miyoshi and Yoshiaki Seto, spin-off of Kaiji TV/Movie appearances (2009, theatrical film) (2011, theatrical film) (2017, TV Tokyo) - Episodes 9, 10 (2017, SKY PerfecTV!) - Episode 2 (2018, Nippon Television) - Episode 7 (2018, TV Tokyo) - Episode 5 (2020, theatrical film) Miscellaneous (2011, Takeshobo) (2014, Government Public Relations Online) (2015) - End card (ep 4) (2017) - End card (ep 9) References External links 1958 births Living people Manga artists from Kanagawa Prefecture People from Yokosuka, Kanagawa Winner of Kodansha Manga Award