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is a Japanese manga artist and one of Japan's most prominent illustrators of female characters.〔 He made his professional manga debut with in the manga anthology ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in 1977. Other notable works include (adapted into an anime television series in 1983), and the gag series . Eguchi married Japanese idol in 1990. ==Biography== Hisashi began drawing at an early age, fascinated by the then-starting Japanese TV broadcasting.〔 He got to know manga through Osamu Tezuka's ''Astro Boy''. During his childhood, other superheroes like ''Ultraman'' and ''Ultra Seven'' also gripped him. In 1977, he won the Young Jump award ( since 2003) for . That same year, his was a finalist at Akatsuka. The publication of Hisashi's baseball manga ''Susume!! Pirates'' followed in 1979 as a reward for winning the Young Jump contest. After deciding to become a professional manga artist, Eguchi began drawing female characters: "I thought it was strange not to have girls. Also, I knew that it would be popular if the girls were cute."〔 By the time he started ''Stop!! Hibari-kun!'', there was a romantic comedy boom in shonen manga. However, his dislike of plotless stories made him emphasize a sarcastic tone, reflected not only with words but also by the manga itself: "The images too, they're drawn in a way that you can see that it is comedy manga right away". In the animation field, he worked as a character designer for ''Roujin Z'' and ''Spriggan''. Eguchi used his now current wife as a model for ''Roujin Z'' Haruko.〔 ''Perfect Blue'' characters were based on Hisashi's designs. In 1990, the short story manga collection was adapted into an OVA, which mixed anime, live action and puppetry. Eguchi stated that American pop art has been an influence on his work, citing artists such as Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol.〔 Hisashi describes his style as simple: "I like to use organized lines. The less lines the better".〔 In 1994, Eguchi founded ''Comic Cue'', an alternative〔 yearly manga magazine: "I wanted to make something like the all-star game in baseball. Or Avengers. All-hero, I wanted to have a festival of Avengers. All the heroes! With all my favorite artists".〔 Katsuhiro Otomo was a contributor to the first issue.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hisashi Eguchi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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