Kazuhiro Fujita

Kazuhiro Fujita (藤田 和日郎, Fujita Kazuhiro, born May 24, 1964 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Nihon University. He made his professional manga debut in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1989. He is most famous for the manga Ushio and Tora, for which he won Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1992[2] and the Seiun Award in 1997, and the long-running Karakuri Circus.

Kazuhiro Fujita
Kazuhiro Fujita at Lucca Comics & Games 2016
Born	May 24, 1964 Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan
Area(s)	Manga artist
Notable works	Ushio and Tora, Karakuri Circus, Moonlight Act, Sōbōtei Kowasubeshi
Awards	Shogakukan Newcomer Comic Award (1988)[1] Shōnen Sunday Comic Grand Prix (1989)[1] Shogakukan Manga Award (1992) Seiun Award (1997)

Works

• Ushio and Tora (うしおととら, Ushio to Tora), 1990–1996, 33 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday
• Yoru no Uta (夜の歌), 1995 (collection of short stories published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from 1988 to 1994)
• Karakuri Circus (からくりサーカス, Karakuri Sākasu) 1997–2006, 43 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday
• Akatsuki no Uta (暁の歌), 2004 (collection of short stories published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Young Sunday from 1996 to 2003)
• Jagan wa Gachirin ni Tobu (邪眼は月輪に飛ぶ), 2006–2007, one volume, Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits
• The Black Museum: Springald (黒博物館 スプリンガルド, Kuro Hakubutsukan Supuringarudo), 2007, one volume, Kodansha's Morning[3]
• Moonlight Act (月光条例, Gekkō Jōrei), 2008–2014, 29 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday
• The Black Museum: Ghost and Lady (黒博物館 ゴースト アンド レデ, Kuro Hakubutsukan Gōsuto ando Redi), 2014–2015, 2 volumes, Kodansha's Morning
• Sōbōtei Kowasubeshi (双亡亭壊すべし), 2016–present, 20 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday

Other

• Ayakashidō no Hōrai (あやかし堂のホウライ), 2004–2006, original concept
• BakéGyamon (妖逆門, Bakegyamon), 2006–2007, original concept

Anime adaptations

• Ushio and Tora, 1992–1993 10-episode OVA
• Ushio and Tora: Comically Deformed Theater, 1993 one-episode parody OVA
• Karakuri Circus, 1998 Weekly Shōnen Sunday commercial
• Puppet Princess, 2000 one-episode OVA adapting a short story published in Yoru no Uta
• Ushio and Tora, 2015–2016 anime television series
• Karakuri Circus, 2018–2019 anime television series

Master

• Yoshitoo Asari[4]

Assistants

• Nobuyuki Anzai[5]
• Kazurou Inoue[5]
• Yukiwo Katayama[5]
• Tatsuya Kaneda [5]
• Makoto Raiku[5]
• Hiroshi Fukuda[5]

References

1. 『うしおととら』『からくりサーカス』の藤田和日郎氏、重大発表を予告. Oricon (in Japanese). March 7, 2018. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
2. 小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
3. Mainichi review: Springald Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
4. Fujita, Kazuhiro (July 16, 2006). からくりサーカス公式ガイドブック サーカスのすべて [Karakuri Circus Official Guidebook — All About the Circus] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. p. 252. ISBN 4-09-127771-3.
5. Fujita, Kazuhiro (July 16, 2006). からくりサーカス公式ガイドブック サーカスのすべて [Karakuri Circus Official Guidebook — All About the Circus] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. pp. 264–275. ISBN 4-09-127771-3.