Kazuhiro Kiuchi
{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kazuhiro Kiuchi
| native_name = 木内 一裕
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|09|14}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Kiuchi.Kazuhiro.BeBop|script-title=ja:木内一裕/きうちかずひろ|trans-title=Kazuhiro Kiuchi|accessdate=2015-05-03|work=Facebook|language=Japanese}}
| birth_place = Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
| nationality = Japanese
| other_names =
| height =
| occupation = Manga artist, film director and novelist
| years_active = Manga: 1983-present
Film: 1991-present
Novel: 2004-present
| known_for = Be-Bop High School
| agent =
| website = {{URL|www.facebook.com/Kiuchi.Kazuhiro.BeBop}}
}}
{{nihongo|Kazuhiro Kiuchi|きうちかずひろ [木内一裕]|Kiuchi Kazuhiro|born September 14, 1960 in Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan}} is a Japanese manga artist, film director and novelist. As a manga writer, he is best known for the series Be-Bop High School, which won the 1988 Kodansha Manga Award for the general category{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml |author=Joel Hahn |title=Kodansha Manga Awards |work=Comic Book Awards Almanac |accessdate=2007-08-21 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031310/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml |archivedate=2007-08-16 |url-status=dead }} and was adapted as series of live-action movies and as a 7 episode anime OVA series. He was director of one segment of Killers.
Manga series
- Be-Bop High School (1983–2003)
- Saru Banchō (1996–1997)
- MI-4 (1998–1999)
Films
- Karurosu (1991)
- Be-Bop High School (1994)
- Joker (1996)
- Tetsu to Namari (1997)
- Kyōhansha (1999)
- Pay Off (Killers) (2003)
- Out and Out (2018)
Novels
- {{nihongo|Wara no Tate|藁の楯|}}, 2004 (Film: Shield of Straw, directed by Takashi Miike, 2013)
- English translation: Shield of Straw, translated by Asumi Shibata, Vertical, 2016
- {{nihongo|Mizu no Naka no Inu|水の中の犬|}}, 2007
- English translation: A Dog in Water, translated by Maya Rosewood, Vertical, 2013
- {{nihongo|Auto ando Auto (Out & Out)|アウト&アウト|}}, 2009
- {{nihongo|Kiddo (Kid)|キッド|}}, 2010
- {{nihongo|Deddobōru (Dead Ball)|デッドボール|}}, 2011
- {{nihongo|Kamisama no Okurimono|神様の贈り物|}}, 2012
- {{nihongo|Kenka-Zaru|喧嘩猿|}}, 2013
References
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External links
- {{Facebook|Kiuchi.Kazuhiro.BeBop|Official page}} {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au892.html Profile at The Ultimate Manga Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204017/http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au892.html |date=March 3, 2016 }}
- [http://www.vertical-inc.com/new/tag/kazuhiro-kiuchi/ Kazuhiro Kiuchi] at Vertical Inc
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Category:Manga artists from Fukuoka Prefecture
Category:Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General)
Category:Japanese film directors
Category:20th-century Japanese novelists
Category:21st-century Japanese novelists
Category:Japanese crime fiction writers
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