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was a Japanese manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and tokusatsu, creating several immensely popular long-running series such as ''Cyborg 009'' and ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'', what would go on to become part of the Super Sentai series, and the Kamen Rider Series. He was twice awarded by the Shogakukan Manga Award, in 1968 for ''Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae'' and in 1988 for ''Hotel'' and ''Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon''. He was born and named in Tome, Miyagi, and was also known as before 1986, when he changed his family name to Ishinomori with "". ==Career== ''Cyborg 009'', created in 1963, became the first superpowered hero team created in Japan, featuring nine cybernetic warriors. That same year, Kazumasa Hirai and Jiro Kuwata created Japan's first android superhero, ''8 Man'' (which predated Ishinomori's ''Kikaider'' by nine years). The success of the tokusatsu superhero TV series ''Kamen Rider'', produced by Toei Company Ltd. in 1971, led to the birth of the "Transforming" (''henshin'') superhero (human-sized superheroes who transform by doing a pose, and use martial arts to fight henchmen and the weekly monster), and resulted in many sequel shows to this day. Ishinomori then created many similar superhero dramas, which were once again all produced by Toei or in Sarutobi Ecchan's case Toei Animation, including ''Android Kikaider'', ''Henshin Ninja Arashi'', ''Inazuman'', ''Robotto Keiji'', ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'' (the first Super Sentai series), ''Kaiketsu Zubat'', ''Akumaizer 3'', ''Sarutobi Ecchan'', the ''Toei Fushigi Comedy Series'' and countless others. He even created popular children's shows such as ''Hoshi no Ko Chobin'' (''Chobin, Child of the Stars'', 1974, a co-production with Studio Zero which was a major success on Italian television), and ''Ganbare!! Robokon''. From 1967 to 1970, the manga ''009-1'' was serialized in the Futabasha publication Weekly Manga Action. It was written and illustrated by Ishinomori. There was a television drama of it in 1969 and eventually an anime in 2006. Ishinomori's art is reminiscent of that of his mentor, Osamu Tezuka. The true story of his first meeting with Tezuka was illustrated in a short four-page tale drawn up as supplementary material for the 1970s ''Astro Boy'' manga reprints. Around 1955, Ishinomori submitted work to a contest seeking new talent in the magazine, ''Manga Shōnen''. Tezuka was impressed by his drawings and sent a telegraph to Ishinomori, asking him to work as his assistant with ''Astro Boy''. In the American release, this story can be seen in Volume 15, along with Ishinomori's earliest work on the "Electro" story arc. After graduating from high school in 1956 Ishinomori moved to Tokiwa-so with Tezuka, and lived there until the end of 1961. Ishinomori also illustrated a comic adaptation of the Super NES video game ''The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past'', which was produced for the American publication ''Nintendo Power''. The comic consisted of 12 chapters, which were serialized from January 1992 (Volume 32) to December 1992 (Volume 43). The comic was republished as a graphic novel collection in 1993, and, as of 2015, is back in print through Viz Media. At the end of 1997, Kazuhiko Shimamoto, a young and up and coming manga artist was contacted by an increasingly ill Shotaro Ishinomori and asked if he would do a continuation (though more along the lines of a remake) of his 100-page, one-shot manga from 1970, ''Skull Man'' (the manga that became the basis for ''Kamen Rider''). Ishinomori, who had been one of Shimamoto's boyhood heroes, faxed him copies of the proposed story and plot notes. Shimamoto was astounded that he had been chosen to work on his idol's final, great work. Shimamoto had already been involved in the revival of one of Ishinomori's other earlier works (including ''Kamen Rider'') but little did he dream that, as only one of many whom Ishinomori had inspired, he would be chosen for the final collaboration and resurrection of ''Skull Man''. It was also recently adapted into an anime in 2007. 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「Shotaro Ishinomori」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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