is a Japanese

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...

. He was born in Kushiro, Hokkaidō

Hokkaido

, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel...

 and dropped out of Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music

Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music

is a public university in the town of Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The school was established in 1966. The University is located in a hilly area on the eastern outskirts of Nagoya, away from the bustle and noise of the downtown area...

 mid-semester from the fine arts department. He made his debut in 1975 with Kotetsu no Queen and with Harukanaru Asa won the Tezuka prize for an outstanding 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...

. On 1976, he wrote Blue City for Shukan Shonen Jump. He won an Excellence Prize at the 2008 Japan Media Arts Festival

Japan Media Arts Festival

The Japan Media Arts Festival is an annual festival held by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs since 1997. The festival for a nominal year was usually held during February or March next year, rather than at the end of the nominal year. For instance, the 2010 Japan Media Arts Festival, where...

 for Munakata Kyouju Ikouroku.

Initially, his artistic style was similar to that of Mikiya Mochizuki and had humoristic touches, but moved on to the gekiga

Gekiga

is Japanese for "dramatic pictures." The term was coined by Yoshihiro Tatsumi and adopted by other more serious Japanese cartoonists who did not want their trade to be known as manga or "irresponsible pictures." It's akin to Will Eisner who started calling his comics "graphic novels" as opposed...

 style. He is known for using the gekiga style to create detailed and serious 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...

 stories based on American and European SF novels but creating a completely different storyline. He had also drawn various works based on ancient and pre-historic histories. Amongst other things, he is known for his graphic novel

Graphic novel

A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...

 series, 2001 Nights

2001 Nights

is a science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Yukinobu Hoshino and originally serialized in Futabasha's Monthly Super Action starting from June 1984. It was then collected into three bound volumes by Futabasha, released between August 18, 1985 and October 24, 1986...

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Manga works

• Kotetsu no Queen (鋼鉄のクイーン)
• Harukanaru Asa (はるかなる朝)
• Blue City (ブルーシティー)
• Blue Hole
  Blue Hole (manga)
  is a science fiction manga series by Yukinobu Hoshino involving dinosaurs living in the present. Its title in France is Le Trou Bleu. It was serialized in Mister Magazine from 1991 to 1992 with two tankōbon published....
  
  (ブルー　ホール)
• Kyojintachi no Densetsu (巨人たちの伝説)
• 2001 Nights
  2001 Nights
  is a science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Yukinobu Hoshino and originally serialized in Futabasha's Monthly Super Action starting from June 1984. It was then collected into three bound volumes by Futabasha, released between August 18, 1985 and October 24, 1986...
  
  (2001夜物語)
  • A collection of short stories that look to mankind's exploration of space, and examine the possibilities that we could face when we decide to take those first fateful steps into the unknown.
• Yamataika (ヤマタイカ)
• Munakata Kyoju Denkiko (宗像教授伝奇考)
• Saber Tiger
• Kodoku Experiment
• Star Dust Memories
• 2001+5
• Kamunabi
• El Alamein no Shinden
  El Alamein no Shinden
  The Temple of El Alamein is a compilation of World War II short stories from the perspective of the German military personnel by Manga artist Yukinobu Hoshino and released in 1998. Taking place between 1940 and 1945, when the war was at its most violent peak, each story takes place in a different...
  
  (エル・アラメインの神殿)
  • A compilation of World War II short stories from the perspective of the German military personnel.

External links

• Review on G-wie-Gorilla.de
• http://www.salonfutura.net/2011/04/to-the-stars-yukinobu-hoshino/Salon Futura article by Jonathan Clements
  Jonathan Clements
  Jonathan Clements is a British author and scriptwriter. His non-fiction works include biographies of Confucius, Koxinga and Qin Shihuangdi , as well as monthly opinion columns for Neo magazine...
  
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