Yoshimoto, Baron

Yoshimoto, Baron

Given name: バロン
Family name: 吉元
Alternate names: 吉元 正, Tadashi Yoshimoto, Ryu Manji
Birthday: Nov 11, 1940
Website: http://www.baron-yoshim...
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Real name: Tadashi Yoshimura (吉元 正)
Birth place: Manchuria
Grew up in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Was an assistant to Masamichi Yokoyama. After debut he became one of the cartoonists who built the graphic novel boom through the 1960s and 1970s. When he was at the height of his popularity, manga artist Baron Yoshimoto concluded all of his serializations and suddenly left for the United States. In 1985, following his return to Japan and concurrently with his work as a comic writer, he began to produce paintings, launching a new and innovative style. Using the name Ryu Manji in his activity as a painter, he has shown works from the career he began from scratch, separate from manga. Each of these works has been highly praised. Tsubame Kamogawa, Masahiko Takajo, Hibiki Miyajima and Sugurushi Sasanuma were once his assistants.

(Source: MU)

Twitter: @BaronYoshimoto

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