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Kentarō Miura (三浦 建太郎 Miura Kentarō?, born 11 July 1966) is a Japanese manga artist best known for his popular dark fantasy manga, ''Berserk''. ==Life and notable works== Kentarou Miura was born in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, in 1966. He is left-handed. In 1976, at the early age of 10, Miura made his first manga, entitled ''Miuranger'', that was published for his classmates in a school publication; the manga ended up spanning 40 volumes. In 1977, Miura created his second manga called ''Ken e no michi'' (剣への道 The Way to the Sword), using India ink for the first time. When he was in middle school in 1979, Miura's drawing techniques improved greatly as he started using professional drawing techniques. His first dōjinshi was published, with the help of friends, in a magazine in 1982. That same year, in 1982, Miura enrolled in an artistic curriculum in high school, where he and his classmates started publishing their works in school booklets, as well as having his first dōjinshi published in a fan-produced magazine. In 1985, Miura applied for the entrance examination of an art college in Nihon University. He submitted ''Futanabi'' for examination and was granted admission. This project was later nominated ''Best New Author'' work in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine''. Another Miura manga ''Noa'' was published in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' the very same year. Due to a disagreement with one of the editors, the manga was stalled and eventually dropped altogether. This is approximately where Miura's career hit a slump. In 1988, Miura bounced back with a 48-page manga known as ''Berserk Prototype'', as an introduction to the current ''Berserk'' fantasy world. It went on to win Miura a prize from the Comi Manga School. In 1989 Kentarou started a project titled based on a script by Buronson, writer of ''Hokuto no Ken''. It was published in the monthly ''Japanese Animal House'' magazine in issues 5 and 7 of that year. In 1990, a sequel is made to ''Ourou'' entitled ''Ourou Den'' (王狼伝 ''ōrō den'', The Legend of the Wolf King) that was published as a prequel to the original in ''Young Animal'' magazine. In the same year, the 10th issue of ''Animal House'' witnesses the first volume of the solo project ''Berserk'' was released with a relatively limited success. Miura again collaborated with Buronson on manga titled ''Japan'', that was published in Young Animal House from the 1st issue to the 8th of 1992, and was later released as a stand-alone tankōbon. Miura's fame grew after ''Berserk'' was serialized in Young Animal in 1992 with the release of "The Golden Age" story arc and ultimately the series became a huge success, making him one of the most prominent contemporary manga artists. At this time Miura dedicates himself solely to be working on ''Berserk''. He has indicated, however, that he intends to publish more manga in the future. In 1997, Miura supervised the production of 25 anime episodes of ''Berserk'' that aired in the same year on NTV. Various art books and supplemental materials by Miura based on ''Berserk'' are also released. In 1999, Miura made minor contributions to the Dreamcast video game ''Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage''. 2004 saw the release of yet another video game adaptation entitled ''Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Chapter of the Holy Demon War''. Since that time, the ''Berserk'' manga has spanned 37 tankōbon with no end in sight. The series has also spawned a whole host of merchandise, both official and fan-made, ranging from statues, action figures to key rings, video games, and a trading card game. In 2002, Kentarou Miura received the second place in the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize of Excellence for ''Berserk''. Miura provided the design for the Vocaloid Kamui Gakupo, whose voice is taken from the Japanese singer and actor, Gackt. He is also the uncle of (Togashiro Kishimiura Sakugawa ) (作画和 岸三浦 冨樫露 Sakuga Kishimiura Togashiro) a character designer and storyboard artist based in Norway. 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「Kentaro Miura」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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