Akira Oze

{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1947|7|26}}

| birth_place = Kyoto, Japan

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| nationality = Japanese

| area = Manga artist

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| notable works = Natsuko no Sake
Hatsukoi Scandal
Tobe! Jinrui II

| awards = 31st Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga - Hatsukoi Scandal and Tobe! Jinrui II

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{{Nihongo|Akira Oze|尾瀬あきら|Oze Akira|born 26 July 1947 in Kyoto, Japan}} is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut in 1971 under the pen name {{nihongo|Megumu Matsumoto|松本めぐむ}} writing shōnen manga, but he switched in the 1980s to seinen manga. He is best known for Natsuko's Sake, which was adapted as a live-action television series. Oze won the 1986 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga for Hatsukoi Scandal and Tobe! Jinrui II.{{cite web|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 |publisher=Shogakukan |language=Japanese |accessdate=2007-08-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094941/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |archivedate=29 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}