is a Japanese manga artist, film director and novelist. As a manga writer, he is best known for the series Be-Bop High School, which won the 1988 Kodansha Manga Award for the general category and was adapted as series of live-action movies and as a 7 episode anime OVA series. He was director of one segment of Killers.
Manga series Be-Bop High School (1983–2003) Saru Banchō (1996–1997) MI-4 (1998–1999)
Films (1991) Be-Bop High School (1994) Joker (1996) Tetsu to Namari (1997) Kyōhansha (1999) Pay Off (Killers) (2003) Out and Out (2018)
Novels , 2004 (Film: Shield of Straw, directed by Takashi Miike, 2013) English translation: Shield of Straw, translated by Asumi Shibata, Vertical, 2016 , 2007 English translation: A Dog in Water, translated by Maya Rosewood, Vertical, 2013 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013
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External links
Profile at The Ultimate Manga Site Kazuhiro Kiuchi at Vertical Inc