YOSHIYUKI OKAMURA

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(born 16 June 1947), also known as or , is a Japanese manga writer most known by his famous work ''Hokuto no Ken'', known in English as ''Fist of the North Star''. In 2002, he shared the Shogakukan Manga Award for ''Heat'' with Ryoichi Ikegami.

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Life

Influences

Trivia

Works

Life

Okamura was born in Saku, Nagano. He graduated from the Japanese Air Force Training School in 1967 and served as an Air Force radar mechanic. In 1969 he was discharged from the Japanese Navy and was soon hired by Hiroshi Motomiya as a manga assistant. He started his manga writing career when he wrote the script of '' in 1972, drawn by Goro Sakai. In 1975 Buronson wrote his first big hit ''The Doberman Detective'', drawn by Shinji Hiramatsu. The famous ''Hokuto no Ken'' made its debut as Okamura's greatest hit in 1983, drawn by Tetsuo Hara. In 1989 his story ''Ourou'' was released as a manga serialized in ''Animal Magazine'', drawn by Kentarou Miura, and in 1990 a sequel entitled ''Ourou Den'' was released by the same manga artist. Okamura also collaborated with the manga artist Ryoichi Ikegami in many works as ''Strain (manga)'', ''Human (manga)'' and the famous ''Sanctuary (manga)''. Among his other major works are ''The Phantom Gang'', with art by Kaoru Shintani.

Influences

Okamura was mainly influenced by movies such as Bruce Lee's and ''Mad Max''.

Trivia

The nickname Buronson is a tribute to the American actor Charles Bronson, whose mustache Yoshiyuki Okamura imitated.

Works

★ (1972)

★ The Doberman Detective (1975, 18 volumes, art by Shinji Hiramatsu)

★ Hokuto no Ken (from 1983 to 1988, 27 volumes, art by Tetsuo Hara)

★ Ourou (1989, art by Kentaro Miura)

★ Ourou Den (1990,art by Kentaro Miura)

★ Japan (1992, 1 volume, art by Kentaro Miura)

★ Mushimushi Korokoro (from 1993 to 1996, 11 volumes, art by Tsuyoshi Adachi)

★ Strain (from 1997 to 1998, 5 volumes, art by Ryoichi Ikegami)

★ Human

★ Heat (from 1999 to 2004, 17 volumes, art by Ryoichi Ikegami)

★ Sanctuary (from 1990 to 1995, 12 volumes, art by Ryoichi Ikegami)

★ The Phantom Gang

★ Go for break (2000, 3 volumes, art by Tsuyoshi Adachi)

★ Rising Sun (2002, 3 volumes, art by Tokihiko Matsuura)

★ Gokudo Girl (from 2003 to 2004, 5 volumes, art by Hara Hidenori)

★ Fist of the Blue Sky (2001 to present, 14 volumes (ongoing), art by Tetsuo Hara)

★ Lord (2004 to present, 9 volumes (ongoing), art by Ryoichi Ikegami)