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is a Japanese manga artist born on December 11, 1952 in Katsushika, Tokyo. He is best known for his long-running series ''Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo'', which has been continuously published in ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' since 1976. With over 1800 chapters collected into 194 ''tankōbon'' volumes, it is the manga series with the highest number of volumes. By February 2012, the series had sold over 155 million copies, making it one of the best-selling manga series in history. He debuted with Kochikame under the pen name of in 1976. He changed to using his real name in 1978, after ''Kochikame'' reached its 100th chapter. In November 2010, Akimoto was one of several manga artists that held a press conference in opposition to Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance Regarding the Healthy Development of Youths's Bill 156. In February 2014, he drew the one-shot "Vocalo" which is set 50 years after the rise of Vocaloid technology and ran in the shōjo manga magazine ''Margaret''. The following year, ''Grand Jump'' published his "Arii yo Jū wo Ute!" one-shot in January 2015. ==Works== * * ''Mr. Clice'' (1989, serialized in ''Monthly Shonen Jump'') * * "Vocalo" (2014, published in ''Margaret'') * 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「Osamu Akimoto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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