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is a Japanese manga artist born in Sumida, Tokyo. He was invited with ''Spriggan'' story writer Hiroshi Takashige to go to a comic convention in Portugal in 1996 as a guest of honor due to his work on ''Spriggan''.〔Seen in the back portion of the Striker Graphic Novel Volume 1.〕 He worked on other manga comics before he went on to create ''ARMS'' with fellow manga artist, Kyoichi Nanatsuki. His first name is sometimes transliterated as Ryouji. ==History== Minagawa was born in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan.〔『漫画家人名事典』 日外アソシエーツ、2003年、p.362、ISBN 978-4816917608〕 He was the classmate of Masaomi Kanzaki when he was studying in high school.〔 He made his manga debut with ''HEAVEN'' in 1988. From 1991 to 1996, he worked with fellow artist Hiroshi Takashige in working on the 11 volumes of ''Spriggan''. His work had brought him fame across North America and Europe. After work on ''Spriggan'' was complete, he went on to do ''Kyo'' in 1996, followed by the creation of ''ARMS'' from 1997-2002. In 1999, he received the 44th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the shōnen category for ''ARMS''. In 2003, he created ''D-Live!!''. On December 2006, he had done work on a manga named ''S.O.L.'' He is currently attending to work on a new manga called ''Peacemaker'', serializing in ''Ultra Jump''. Subsequently, he has been working on another manga called ''ADAMAS'', which had been serialized in Kodansha's Evening magazine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=No.8 2009年03月24日(火)発売 )〕 He said in an interview that he was inspired to be a manga artist when he watched films made by George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg. 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「Ryōji Minagawa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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