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is a French-born Japanese manga artist and owner of the Santastic! clothing line. Inoue's manga series are greatly influenced by hip hop culture, with some of the characters being modeled after rappers. ==Career== Santa Inoue debuted with his work ''Murder'' in 1989 and was granted the ''Weekly Young Sunday'' newcomers prize. The following year of 1990, Santa made his first serialized work, ''Bunpuku Chagama Daimaō'' which was also published in ''Weekly Young Sunday''. His third work ''Tamashii Rettsha'' was published straight to tankōbon by Yōsensha. His second serialized work was ''The Neighbor No. Thirteen'', which was partially published in ''Comic Scholar'' by Gentosha. ''The Neighbor No. Thirteen'' was published in tankōbon format under the ''Birz Comics'' line. In 1993, Santa Inoue created ''Tokyo Tribe'', one of his more famous works, which was first published straight to tankōbon by JICC Shuppankyoku under the ''Takarajima Comics Deluxe'' line. In 1995, ''Mon Mon'' was serialized in ''Manga Pachinker'' published by Byakuya Shobo, ''Tirauchi Kantaro'' was serialized in ''Rockin' on Japan'', and ''Born 2 Die'' was serialized in ''Quick Japan'' by Ota Shuppan. A short story compilation entitled ''Santa Inoue'' was published by Shodensha under the ''Feel Comics'' line and in the same year of 1996, ''Tokyo Tribe'' was republished by Bijutsu Shuppansha. In 1997 ''Mon Mon'' was finally published by Byakuya Shobo and ''Tokyo Tribe'' was additionally serialized in the ''Boon'' fashion magazine published by Shodensha. ''Born 2 Die'' was published by Ota Shuppan in 1998 and Santa created his masterwork ''Tokyo Tribe2'', which was serialized in the previously mentioned fashion magazine ''Boon'' by Shodensha. By the time of ''Tokyo Tribe2'', Santa has achieved celebrity status and the series garnered international acclaim. ''The Neighbor No. Thirteen'' went on to be published by Gentosha in 1999 and in 2000, ''Tokyo Drive'' was serialized in ''Weekly Young Magazine'' by Kodansha. In 2001, ''Tokyo Graffiti'' was serialized in the ''Weekly Young Jump'' magazine by Shueisha. In 2002, the second compilation book was published, ''Santa Inoue2'' and a flagship store opened in Shibuya, Tokyo. In 2003, ''Tokyo Graffiti'' was published by Shueisha as well as ''Tokyo Tribe'' once again being reprinted by the company, both under the ''Young Jump Comics'' line. In 2004, Tokyopop acquired the license to ''Tokyo Tribe2'', and renamed it ''Tokyo Tribes'' to complete with another hip-hop related OEL manga named ''@Large'', which was already award-nominated.〔 To help promote the manga in America, Inoue made a brief appearance on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in 2004.〔http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-10-13/manga-artist-on-abc%27s-extreme-makeover〕〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFqB8YlXjFgM〕 While it is not uncommon for manga artists to show up on Japanese television, it is a more rare main event in the United States. In 2005, ''Tokyo Drive'' was released in tankōbon by Kodansha as well as ''The Neighbor No. Thirteen'' being adaptated into a feature film. In the same year, Santa Inoue collaborated with ''Samurai'' fashion magazine to make the single issue, ''Samurai VS Santa Inoue''. In the meantime of 2005, the United States edition of ''Tokyo Tribe2'', ''Tokyo Tribes'' was nominated for an Eisner Award. In 2006, ''Tokyo Tribe2'' was adaptated into an anime series by WOWOW and Shodensha helped publish the single issue magazine ''Santastic! Magazine "Saru"''. The DVD's of ''Tokyo Tribe2'' were released in 2007, ''Tokyo Burger'' was serialized in urban fashion magazine ''Ollie'' by Saneishobo, and ''Tokyo Tribe2 Spin off!'' was serialized in ''Boon'' by Shodensha. In 2008, both ''Tokyo Burger'' and ''Tokyo Tribe2 Spin off!'' were published in tankōbon format and ''Tokyo Tribe3'' began serialization in ''Ollie''. Additional pocket bunkobon editions of ''The Neighbor No. Thirteen'' were released under the ''Gentosha Comics Manga Bunko'' line by Gentosha. Santa Inoue created promotional drawings for T.I.'s ''Paper Trail'' also in 2008. Currently in 2009, Santa Inoue is working on ''Dan da Barbarian'', his latest work, which will be serialized in ''Comic Birz''. ''Tokyo Tribe'' was reprinted under ''Santastic! Books'' by Santastic! Entertainment. 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「Santa Inoue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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