Noboru Kawasaki

Noboru Kawasaki (川崎のぼる, Kawasaki Noboru, born January 28, 1941, in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He is most famous for illustrating the series Star of the Giants.[1] He won the 14th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1969 for Animal 1 and Inakappe Taishō as well as the eighth Kodansha Children's Manga Award for Star of the Giants in 1967 and its successor Kodansha Manga Award in shōnen category for Football Hawk in 1978.[2][3] He is also the creator of The Song of Tentomushi, Skyers 5 and Kōya no Shōnen Isamu.[4][5][6]

Noboru Kawasaki
川崎のぼる
Born (1941-01-28) January 28, 1941
Osaka, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
Star of the Giants
Animal 1
Inakappe Taishō
Football Hawk
AwardsShogakukan Manga Award for shōjo - Animal 1 and Inakappe Taishō
Kodansha Children's Manga Award - Star of the Giants
Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen - Football Hawk

Works
  • Ame ni mo Makezu (4 volumes, 1983)
  • Animal 1 (4 volumes, 1968)
  • Captain Gorou (1 volume, 1968)
  • Daimakujira (1 volume, 1968)
  • Doudou Yarou (1 volume, 1970)
  • Football Hawk (10 volumes, 1977)
  • Fukidamari (1 volume, 1976)
  • Honoo no Michi (1 volume, 1987)
  • Inakappe Taishō (6 volumes, 1970)
  • Isamu the Wilderness Boy (12 volumes, 1971)
  • Kuroi Kuroi Tani (2 volumes, 1967)
  • Musashi (13 volumes, 1974)
  • Otoko no Jouken (2 volumes, 1968)
  • Rounin Tanbee Zetsumei (1 volume, 1987)
  • Shi no Toride (1 volume, 1967)
  • Skyers 5 (3 volumes, 1966–1968)
  • Star of the Giants (Kyojin no Hoshi) written by Ikki Kajiwara (19 volumes, 1966)
  • Shin Kyojin no Hoshi written by Ikki Kajiwara (11 volumes, 1978)
  • Shinigami Hakase 1967
  • The Song of Tentomushi (4 volumes, 1973)
  • Tiger 66 (1 volume, 1968)

References
  1. "Kyojin no Hoshi's Kawasaki Refuses Tokyo Anime Award". Anime News Network. December 29, 2010. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  2. 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 9, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2007.
  3. Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  4. てんとう虫の歌 (in Japanese). Tatsunoko Productions. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  5. スカイヤーズ５ （モノクロ版） (in Japanese). Eiken. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  6. 荒野の少年イサム (in Japanese). Tokyo Movie. Retrieved June 9, 2013.


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