Tsuyoshi Nakaima
Japanese manga artist (born 1960)
Tsuyoshi Nakaima なかいま 強 | |
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Born | (1960-04-13) April 13, 1960 (age 64) USCAR |
Area(s) | Manga artist |
Notable works | Wataru Ga Pyun! Ucchare Goshogawara The Golden Rough |
Awards | 43rd Shōnen Shogakukan Manga Award (1989) |
Tsuyoshi Nakaima (なかいま 強, Nakaima Tsuyoshi) is a Japanese manga artist who is the author and artist of sports manga. He is best known for the Sumo series Ucchare Goshogawara, for which he received the 1989 Shogakukan Manga Award in shōnen category.[1] and which got an OVA adaptation in 1991. Between 1999 and 2011, his golf manga The Golden Rough (Ougon no Rough ~Sōta no Stance~) was released in 33 tankōbon volumes.
Nakaima was an avid baseball player throughout high school and college but had to quit after shoulder injury. He became an assistant to Akio Chiba before creating manga on his own. Nakaima is from Okinawa and it has been noted how some of his character use Okinawan Japanese.[2]
Selected works
- Wataru Ga Pyun (わたるがぴゅん!, 1984 - 2004) - Monthly Shōnen Jump - 58 volumes - baseball
- Ucchare Goshogawara (うっちゃれ五所瓦, 1988 - 1991) - Weekly Shōnen Sunday - 12 volumes - sumo
- Ougon no Rough (黄金のラフ, 1999 - 2011) - Big Comic - 33 volumes - professional golf
- Rice Shoulder (ライスショルダー, 2007 - 2013) - Weekly Morning - 16 volumes - women's boxing
- Ougon no RoughII (黄金のラフII, 2014 -) - Big Comic - professional golf
References
External links
- Tsuyoshi Nakaima at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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Shogakukan Manga Award – Shōnen
- The Poe Clan and They Were Eleven by Moto Hagio (1975)
- Captain and Play Ball by Akio Chiba and Ganbare Genki by Yū Koyama (1976)
- Galaxy Express 999 and Senjo Manga series by Leiji Matsumoto (1977)
- Dame Oyaji by Mitsutoshi Furuya (1978)
- Toward the Terra and Kaze to Ki no Uta by Keiko Takemiya (1979)
- Urusei Yatsura by Rumiko Takahashi (1980)
- Dr. Slump by Akira Toriyama (1981)
- Miyuki and Touch by Mitsuru Adachi (1982)
- Musashi no Ken by Motoka Murakami (1983)
- Futari Daka and Area 88 by Kaoru Shintani (1984)
- Hatsukoi Scandal and Tobe! Jinrui II by Akira Oze (1985)
- Silver Fang by Yoshihiro Takahashi (1986)
- Just Meet and Fuyu Monogatari by Hidenori Hara (1987)
- B.B. by Osamu Ishiwata (1988)
- Ucchare Goshogawara by Tsuyoshi Nakaima (1989)
- Mobile Police Patlabor by Masami Yuki (1990)
- Ushio & Tora by Kazuhiro Fujita (1991)
- Ghost Sweeper Mikami by Takashi Shiina and Yaiba by Gosho Aoyama (1992)
- YuYu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi (1993)
- Slam Dunk by Takehiko Inoue (1994)
- Major by Takuya Mitsuda (1995)
- Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M by Masahito Soda (1996)
- Ganba! Fly High by Shinji Morisue and Hiroyuki Kikuta (1997)
- Project ARMS by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and Ryōji Minagawa (1998)
- Monkey Turn by Katsutoshi Kawai and Hikaru no Go by Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata (1999)
- Case Closed by Gosho Aoyama and Cheeky Angel by Hiroyuki Nishimori (2000)
- Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi (2001)
- Zatch Bell! by Makoto Raiku (2002)
- Yakitate!! Japan by Takashi Hashiguchi and Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa (2003)
- Bleach by Tite Kubo (2004)
- Wild Life by Masato Fujisaki (2005)
- Kekkaishi by Yellow Tanabe (2006)
- Ace of Diamond by Yuji Terajima (2007)
- Cross Game by Mitsuru Adachi (2008)
- Sket Dance by Kenta Shinohara (2009)
- King Golf by Ken Sasaki (2010)
- Nobunaga Concerto by Ayumi Ishii (2011)
- Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa (2012)
- Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic by Shinobu Ohtaka (2013)
- Be Blues! - Ao ni Nare by Motoyuki Tanaka (2014)
- Haikyu!! by Haruichi Furudate (2015)
- Mob Psycho 100 by One (2016)
- The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu (2017)
- Dr. Stone by Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi (2018)
- Maiko-san chi no Makanai-san by Aiko Koyama (2019)
- Teasing Master Takagi-san by Sōichirō Yamamoto and Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto (2020)
- Komi Can't Communicate by Tomohito Oda (2021)
- Call of the Night by Kotoyama and Ao no Orchestra by Makoto Akui (2022)
- Categories (until 2022):
- General
- Shōnen
- Shōjo
- Children
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