Kōji Kiriyama

Koji Kiriyama
桐山 光侍
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
Ninku

Kōji Kiriyama (桐山 光侍, Kiriyama Kōji) is a Japanese manga artist, best known for the Ninku series which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump manga magazine between 1993 and 1995, and was adapted into an anime series and film. A second manga titled Ninku Second Stage: Stories of Etonins (忍空 -SECOND STAGE 干支忍編-) ran from 2005 to 2011 in the seinen magazine Ultra Jump.[1] His works inspired artists such as Masashi Kishimoto of Naruto fame, who used to copy Kiriyama's drawings in his studying to become a manga artist.[2]

Works

Title Year Notes Refs[3]
Sengoku Koshien: Kyū inu-shi densetsu (戦国甲子園九犬士伝説, Sengoku Koshien: Nine dog fighters legend) 1991–92 (vols.) Shonen Sunday Comics
Published by Shogakukan, 6 volumes 		ISBN 9784091556615 ISBN 9784091226662
Ninku 1993–95 Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump
Published in Jump Comics by Shueisha in 9 volumes
Ninku -Second Stage: Stories of Eto Nin- (Ninku -SECOND STAGE:干支忍編-, Ninku -Second Stage: Eto Nin-hen-) 2005–11 Serialized in Ultra Jump
Published by Shueisha in 12 volumes 		[4]

References

  1. ^ 忍空 ： 6年にわたる続編連載が完結 10月号に最終回 (in Japanese). Mantan Web. September 17, 2011. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Solomon, Charles (17 December 2008). "Interview: The man behind 'Naruto'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "著者：桐山光侍" [Author: Koji Kiriyama]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "Ninku: Second Stage Martial Arts Manga to End in Japan". Anime News Network. Retrieved 5 April 2016.


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