did not like the name, but agreed because it was his boss's idea and his next series was only supposed to be a three-month project. When the series, Lupin III, became popular, he was stuck with the name. Katō's younger brother, , worked as his assistant on Lupin III. For years it was widely believed that the pen name Monkey Punch referred to the two brothers working together as a creative duo, but in a 2017 interview they clarified that this idea stemmed from a mistaken magazine article, and that the name Monkey Punch should be understood to refer exclusively to the older brother Kazuhiko, who did all of the main creative work concerning the characters, story, and the main drawings. The younger brother Teruhiko explained that he was exclusively doing assistant work. Style Monkey Punch has stated that Osamu Tezuka was the reason he wanted to become a manga artist. He acknowledged the influence Mad magazine artist Mort Drucker had on his work. Awards He received the Inkpot Award in 1981 and a special Tokyo Anime Award in 2015. List of works 1960s 1962 Number 5 + α Gun Hustler Rebellious Child List the Criminal Open Homicide Clandestine Work The Man Who Does Not Have a Shadow The Person Whom It Uses Vengeance (Fukushu) as Kazuhiko Katō Ghost Story Guy as Kazuhiko Katō 1965 as Eiji Gamuta Needless Axle of Wilderness Pink Guard Man ... Blues of the Assassin (Pinku Gado Man ... Hissatsu no Burusu) Outsider (Autosaida Monkey Punch) 1967 The Ginza Whirlwind Child (Ginza Senpuji) 1968 Western Samurai (Uesutan Samurai) 1969 Pandora 1970s 1970 Spy Nobility (Supai Shinzoku) Document Mania (Dokyumento Kyo) Tac Tics 1971 Multi (Maruchi) Mysterious Jaguarman (Kaijin Jagaman) 1972 Makao Monsieur Koga Key 1973 Sufficiently Motivated (Yaruki Jubun) Decoy House Slug (Kikuya Namekuji) Venus of Diamond (Daia no Binasu) 1974 I Am Casanova (Ore wa Kazanoba) Color Girl (Kara Garu) Isshuku Ippan (一宿一飯) 1976 Little Dracula (Dorakyura-kun) Up-Up Balloon (UP-UP Barun) 1977 Transparent Gentleman (Tomei Shinshi) 1978 Time Agent (Jikan Ejento) Kaiketsu Zero 1980s 1980 Boy Botchan (anime, character design) 1981 1982 Space Adventure Team Mechabunger (Uchū Bōken-tai Mekabanja) Another work from Cinderella Boy. 1983 Roller Boy (Rora Boi) Lucky Monkey (Raki Monki) 1984 1986 Pinky Punky (ピンキィ パンキィ Pinkī Pankī) Dirty Joke (ダアティ ジョオク Dāteī Jōku) 1990s 1991 Monkey Punch no Sekai: Alice (December 13) Scramble Saver Kids 1997 One Thousand and One