is a Japanese 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...

.

He graduated from Wako University

Wako University

is a private university in Japan, which is located in Machida, Tokyo.Wako University is part of a comprehensive educational institute called Wako-Gakuen , that includes kindergarten, two elementary schools, junior high school and high school...

 in Machida

Machida, Tokyo

is a city located in the western part of the greater metropolis of Tokyo, Japan. The city was founded on February 1, 1958.As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 424,669 and a population density of 5,928.65 persons per km². The total area is 71.63 km²...

, Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

. In 1979, Nobe won an honorable mention in the 18th Tezuka Award

Tezuka Award

The is a semi-annual manga award offered by the Japanese publisher Shueisha , under the auspices of its Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. It awards new comic artists in the Story Manga category. Its counterpart award, Akatsuka Award, awards new comic artists in the Comedic Manga category...

 for his story Hana to Arashi ga Iku. Others who won an award at the same time include Tsukasa Hojo

Tsukasa Hojo

is a Japanese manga artist. He studied technical design while still at Kyushu Sangyo University, where he began to draw manga. He worked on several one-shot stories before releasing his serialized works: Cat's Eye, City Hunter and Angel Heart....

 and Kamui Fujiwara

Kamui Fujiwara

is a Japanese character designer and manga artist. Fujiwara's father was a soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He excelled in mathematics and computer science when in grade school. He graduated from the Kuwasawa Design School, which is attached to Tokyo Zokei University...

. Nobe's works tend to be longer, and include varying elements of romantic comedy

Romantic Comedy

Romantic Comedy can refer to* Romantic Comedy , a 1979 play written by Bernard Slade* Romantic Comedy , a 1983 film adapted from the play and starring Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen...

, bishōjo

Bishojo

is a Japanese term used to refer to young and pretty girls, usually below university age. Bishōjo is not listed as a word in the prominent Japanese dictionary Kōjien...

, science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

, and boxing

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

. Nobe also likes to throw in unexpected plot twists and use many elements found in works from the 1970s.

Works

Listed alphabetically.

• Monaco no Sora e, 22 volumes
• Monaco no Sora e 2: Alas Kagayakeru Tsubasa, 5 volumes (as of July 2006)
• Myū no Densetsu, 8 volumes
• Nobe Toshio Senshū Tanpenshū, 2 volumes so far, short story collections
• Nozomi Witches
  Nozomi Witches
  , sometimes also called Bewitching Nozomi, is a manga series by Toshio Nobe which was adapted into a three episode anime OVA series in 1992. Because Mitsuru Adachi did the character designs for the OVA series, it is sometimes mistakenly attributed as one of his works.-Plot:Nozomi is a beautiful...
  
  , 48 volumes, made into an OVA series from 1992–1993
• Rising, 1 volume
• Watashi no Okita-kun, 14 volumes
• Yayoi no Ōzora, 11 volumes
• Yōsei Taisen NOA, 9 volumes

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