Hiroki Yagami
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese
manga artist
. In 2007, he won the 31st Kodansha Manga Award
for shōnen
manga
for Dear Boys Act II
.
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
manga artist
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
. In 2007, he won the 31st Kodansha Manga Award
Kodansha Manga Award
is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in four categories: children's, shōnen, shōjo, and general. The awards began in 1977, initially with categories for shōnen and shōjo. The first award for the...
for shōnen
Shonen
The term refers to manga marketed to a male audience aged roughly 10 and up. The Kanji characters literally mean "few" and "year", respectively, where the characters generally mean "comic"...
manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
for Dear Boys Act II
Dear Boys
is a sports manga by Hiroki Yagami, published by Kodansha in Monthly Shōnen Magazine. As of June 2007, the Dear Boys series has 25 volumes in total, including the Dear Boys: The Early Days and Dear Boys: Act 2...
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Works
- Futari ni Omakase
- Dear BoysDear Boysis a sports manga by Hiroki Yagami, published by Kodansha in Monthly Shōnen Magazine. As of June 2007, the Dear Boys series has 25 volumes in total, including the Dear Boys: The Early Days and Dear Boys: Act 2...
- Dear Boys The Early Days
- Dear Boys Act II
- Dear Boys Act III
- G-TasteG-Tasteis an erotic manga series illustrated by the artist Hiroki Yagami and serialised in Young Magazine Upper's. The "G" in "G-taste" is used symbolically as the letter between "F" and "H" . The anime has been licensed in the US by Softcel Pictures. However the rights have since expired and now...