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The Manga Artists

Fujimoto, Hiroshi

Hiroshi Fujimoto is one half (along with Motoo Abiko) of one of the most prolific manga writing teams known as Fujiko Fujio - the creator of Doraemon. Born in Toyama on 1 December 1933, he passed away on 23 September 1996 at the age of 62.

Akatsuka, Fujio

A real-life pioneer Japanese artist of comical manga known as the "Gag Manga King", Fujio Akatsuka was born in Rehe, Manchuria, as the son of a Japanese military police officer.  After World War II, he grew up in Niigata Prefecture and Nara Prefecture.  When he was 19, he moved to Tokyo.

Motoo, Abiko

The real-life mangaka, born in 1934 in Himi, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Better known as "Fujiko Fujio A", the pen name he shares with his partner Hiroshi Fujimoto, Motoo is the co-creator of the popular character Doraemon.