Naoki Urasawa

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1960-01-02 (64 years old)

Also Known As 浦澤直樹, 浦沢 直樹

Naoki Urasawa

Biography

Naoki Urasawa is a Japanese manga artist and musician. He has been drawing manga since he was four years old, and for most of his professional career has created two series simultaneously. The stories to many of these were co-written in collaboration with his former editor, Takashi Nagasaki. Urasawa has been called one of the artists that changed the history of manga and has won numerous awards, including the Shogakukan Manga Award three times, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize twice, and the Kodansha Manga Award once. By December 2021, his various works had over 140 million copies in circulation worldwide.

Known For

Writer

2023
PLUTO

as Original Story

2006
2004
Monster

as Comic Book

1998
Master Keaton

as Comic Book

1996
1989
Yawara!

as Comic Book

1989
Yawara!

as Writer

Crew

2023
PLUTO

as Creative Consultant

Director

2021
Boy

as Director

Art

2021
Boy

as Art Direction

Visual Effects

2011
Tibetan Dog

as Character Designer