Zetsubo ni Kiku Kusuri
Encyclopedia
is a Japan
ese non-fiction
manga
by Reiji Yamada
. Each volume is a collection with interviews describing how the subjects overcame hardship, or how they are working to make the world a better place.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese non-fiction
Non-fiction
Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
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...
by Reiji Yamada
Reiji Yamada
' is a Japanese manga artist. His first big hit was a romantic comedy , and he is also known for the manga adaptation of Zebraman. He is very concerned with societal problems, and has spent the last several years drawing Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri a series of manga interviews with people he believes...
. Each volume is a collection with interviews describing how the subjects overcame hardship, or how they are working to make the world a better place.
Volume One
- Reiji YamadaReiji Yamada' is a Japanese manga artist. His first big hit was a romantic comedy , and he is also known for the manga adaptation of Zebraman. He is very concerned with societal problems, and has spent the last several years drawing Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri a series of manga interviews with people he believes...
(manga artist) - Jun Miura (manga artist)
- Ryuji Akiyama and Mihoko Abukawa (Haneru no Tobira members)
- Sumiko Kurihata (fortune teller)
- Takehiko InoueTakehiko Inoueis a Japanese manga artist, best known for the basketball manga Slam Dunk, which has become a success both in Japan and overseas. Many of his works are about basketball, Inoue himself being a huge fan of the sport, and many Japanese children started to play basketball because they read the manga...
(manga artist) - Shiraishi Kojiro (ocean adventurer)
- Ryuichi Nanami (host)
- Kazuyoshi Nagashima (politician, mayor of Zushi, KanagawaZushi, Kanagawais a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 58,793 and a population density of 3,390 persons per km². The total area was 17.34 km².-Geography:...
) - Ikuo NakamuraIkuo Nakamura-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. English language title; Japanese text....
(photographer) - David Kinoshita (surfer)
- Yoshiharu SekinoYoshiharu Sekinois a Japanese explorer, travel writer and photographer, anthropologist, and doctor.Sekino was born in Tokyo. In 1971, while still a student at Hitotsubashi University , he cofounded and participated in a university team that descended the entire length of the Amazon, thereafter travelling around...
(anthropologist)
Volume Two
- Kiyoshirō ImawanoKiyoshiro Imawano, born , was a Japanese rock musician, lyricist, composer, musical producer, and actor from Tokyo, Japan. He was dubbed "Japan's King of Rock". He formed and led an influential rock band RC Succession....
(band man) - Kankurō KudōKankuro KudoKankurō Kudō is a Japanese screenwriter, dramatist, director, actor and member of the theater company Otona Keikaku...
(screenwriter, actor) - Yōko Sakamoto (foster parent)
- Masashi Kimura (former head of GreenpeaceGreenpeaceGreenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
Japan) - Akiko Tanabe (accessory designer)
- Toshihiko Hanawa (doctor)
- Kō Machida (writer)
- Takumi Hayashi (writer)
- Hiroshi AramataHiroshi Aramatais a Japanese author, translator, and screenplay writer, as well as a specialist in natural history and cartography.His most popular novel was Teito Monogatari , which has sold over 3.5 million copies in Japan alone. He also wrote Alexander Senki, a novel which eventually evolved into the anime...
(writer, translator, researcher)
Volume Three
- Shoji JoShoji Jois a retired Japanese football player.He was born on the island of Hokkaidō and began his footballing career with JEF United in 1994. He quickly established himself, scoring twelve goals in his first season; he scored his first goal on his debut against Gamba Osaka on 12 March...
(former player for the Japan soccer team) - Mio Sato (doctor)
- Taro GomiTaro Gomiis one of Japan's most prolific children's book illustrators and writers. He has published over 400 books in Japan and his work has been widely translated into other languages...
(picturebook writer/illustrator) - Sakana-kun (fish expert)
- Tokiko KatoTokiko Kato, is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist, and actress. She graduated from the University of Tokyo, and worked as a visiting professor at Josai International University.- Filmography :# Izakaya Chōji .... Shigeko...
(singer) - Yoshiaki Ito (former head of Coca-Cola Japan's environmental group)
- Sokyu Genyu (Buddhist priest, writer)
- Yotaro Hatamura (failure expert)
- Masahiro Hidaka (smash)
Volume Four
- Shigesato ItoiShigesato Itoiis one of the most influential cultural figures in Japan, known for his copywriting, essays, lyrics, Nintendo game creation, and as editor-in-chief of his popular website “Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun.” He is best known outside of Japan as a game designer for his work on Nintendo's EarthBound...
(copy writer) - Kimikazu Iwase and Koichi Okita (Japanese space program)
- Jun Imamiya (motor sports journalist)
- Kazumi Oguro (editor, Sotokoto)
- Takumi Terakado (chiropractor)
- Kensuke Onishi (founder, Peace Winds Japan)
- Show Aikawa (actor)
- Yuji Kishi (community leader)
- Shigeru MizukiShigeru Mizukiis a Japanese manga author, most known for his Japanese horror manga GeGeGe no Kitaro . A specialist in stories of yōkai, he is considered a master of the genre...
(manga artist)
Volume Five
- Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tominois a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
(anime director) - Yukiko Nishihara (suicide prevention center founder)
- Reiko ChibaReiko Chibais a Japanese actress, seiyu, gravure idol and occasional J-Pop singer.-Biography:Reiko Chiba was born in Osaka Prefecture, and raised in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. She started her career as a model in 1991 before making her acting debut in the 1992 Super Sentai series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger as...
(yoga instructor) - Tsuyoshi Mori (mathematician, philosopher)
- Akira Ito (psychiatrist)
- Yoichi Watanabe (battlefield cameraman)
- Kiyomi TsujimotoKiyomi Tsujimotois a Japanese politician from the Social Democratic Party , formerly the Japan Socialist Party.- Early career :Born in the city of Nara, Nara, Tsujimoto graduated from the Department of Education at Waseda University in Tokyo....
(politician) - Takuma SatoTakuma Satois a Japanese automobile racing driver and the most successful Japanese Formula One driver in history. He is currently racing for KV Racing Technology in IndyCar Series under the Lotus banner.-Junior Years:...
(F1 Driver) - Kiyoshi Shigematsu (writer)
- Tsuyoshi Oshikawa (convincer - hikikomoriHikikomoriis a Japanese term to refer to the phenomenon of reclusive people who have chosen to withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement because of various personal and social factors in their lives...
specialist) - David Bull (artist)
Volume Six
- Hayao KawaiHayao Kawai' was a Japanese Jungian psychologist who has been described as "the founder of Japanese Analytical and Clinical Psychology". He introduced the sandplay therapy concept to Japanese psychology. He participated in Eranos from 1982. Kawai was the director of the International Research Center for...
(psychologist) - Banana YoshimotoBanana Yoshimotois the pen name of Mahoko Yoshimoto , a Japanese contemporary writer. She writes her name in hiragana.-Biography:Yoshimoto, daughter of Takaaki Yoshimoto, was born in Tokyo on July 24, 1964...
(writer) - Minoru Shimomura (aquarium director)
- Kazuhiko Tei (nutritionist)
- K Dub ShineK Dub ShineK DUB SHINE is a Japanese hip hop artist and rapper. His real name is .Kagami was born in the Shibuya ward of the city of Tokyo, Japan. In 10th grade K Dub Shine enrolled in an exchange program which landed him in Philadelphia. It was in Philly that he first encountered hip hop...
(rap artist) - Tentsuku Man (movie director/roadside poet)
- Takashi Tsujii/Seiji Tsutsumi (poet/author)
- Tomoka Mita (cheerleader - Dallas Cowboys)
- Terukichi Nagata (agriculture)
Volume Seven
- Bobby ValentineBobby ValentineRobert John "Bobby V" Valentine is an American professional baseball manager and former player who is currently the manager of the Boston Red Sox. He previously managed the Texas Rangers and New York Mets as well as the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan...
(baseball manager) - C. W. NicolC. W. NicolClive Williams Nicol, MBE is a Welsh writer and actor and a long-time resident and citizen of Japan.-Biography:C.W. Nicol was born in Neath, Wales, and from a young age expressed an interest in wildlife and the environment....
(writer, adventure) - Reshad Khaled (doctor)
- Mieko Osanai (tv writer)
- Kenji Ōtsuki (rock star)
- Yasuyuki Fujimura (inventor)
- Hiroshi Iijima (environmentalist)
- Ken Terawaki (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)|MEXT)
- Bau Yamada (Open Japan)
Volume Eight
- Reiji YamadaReiji Yamada' is a Japanese manga artist. His first big hit was a romantic comedy , and he is also known for the manga adaptation of Zebraman. He is very concerned with societal problems, and has spent the last several years drawing Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri a series of manga interviews with people he believes...
(again) - Eriko Rowe (journalist, writer, translator)
- Kyoji Nishi (cram school operator)
- Lee U-FanLee U-FanLee U-Fan is a Korean. minimalist painter and sculptor and leader of the Japanese material school Monoha in the late 1960s. Lee advocated a methodology of de-westernization and demodernization in both theory and practice as an antidote to the Eurocentric thought of 1960s postwar Japanese society...
(artist) - Yukihide Takekawa (singer-songwriter)
- Saya Takagi (actress)
- Masahiko Kanie (WFP)
- Yoichi Haga (Tokyo University Medical Research)
- Koichiro Kimura (designer)
- Yoko OnoYoko Onois a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon...
Volume Nine
- Hosshan. (comedian)
- Haruki KadokawaHaruki Kadokawais a Japanese publisher, film producer, director and screenwriter. He was the son of Genyoshi Kadokawa and inherited the position of president of the publishing house Kadokawa Shoten in 1975. Under his guidance, the company soon branched into film production, and by 1994 Kadokawa had produced close...
(publisher) - Ei Takami (singer, children's television star)
- Tsuyoshi TakashiroTsuyoshi Takashirois a Japanese DJ, filmmaker, and writer.-Biography:Takashiro was born in Tokyo, Japan on August 18, 1964. At university, he received the “Tokyo International Video Biennale" prize. It was the first in his career...
(screenwriter) - Toshio OkadaToshio Okadais an anime producer, author, and lecturer. He is a co-founder and former president of the production company Gainax.-Childhood:Okada was born on July 1, 1958 in Osaka, Japan and attended Osaka University of Arts....
(GainaxGainaxis a Japanese anime studio famous for productions such as Gunbuster, The Wings of Honneamise, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Neon Genesis Evangelion, FLCL and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann which have gone on to critical acclaim and commercial success, as well as for their association with...
founder) - Boo Takagi (musician)
- Yoshio Kusama (orphanage director)
- Yoshiyuki Takagi (world village)