Sou Nishimura

{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}

{{nihongo|Sō Nishimura|西村 宗|Nishimura Sou}}; (born April 28, 1936) is a Japanese manga artist from Izumiōtsu. Nishimura's best-known work is the yonkoma comedy {{nihongo3|Mr. Salary|サラリ君|Sarari-kun}}, which earned Nishimura the 1985 Bungeishunjū Manga Award and the Japanese Cartoonists' Association's Excellence Prize for 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/japancartoonist.php|title=Japanese Cartoonists' Association Awards|website=Comic Book Awards Almanac|access-date=September 10, 2010}}