Fujio Akatsuka: Japanese manga artist
Fujio Akatsuka (赤塚 不二夫, Akatsuka Fujio, September 14, 1935 – August 2, 2008) was a Japanese artist of manga.
He was known as the Gag Manga King. He won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1964 for Osomatsu-kun and the Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 1971 for Tensai Bakabon.
Fujio Akatsuka | |
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| Born | 赤塚 藤雄 (Fujio Akatsuka) September 14, 1935 Luanping, Rehe, Manchukuo（now Hebei Province, People's Republic of China） |
| Died | August 2, 2008 (aged 72) Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Known for | Tensai Bakabon Osomatsu-kun Himitsu no Akko-chan |
| Website | www |
In April 2002 he was hospitalized for a subdural hematoma and was in a coma from 2004 until his death. On August 2, 2008, he died of pneumonia at a hospital in Bunkyō, Tokyo.
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