Kenichi Muraeda
Kenichi Muraeda 村枝 賢一 | |
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Born | Ashikita, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan | September 5, 1967
Notable works | Kamen Rider Spirits |
Spouse(s) | Shinri Mori |
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Kenichi Muraeda (村枝 賢一, Muraeda Ken'ichi) is a Japanese manga artist[1] who is known for creating the manga series Kamen Rider Spirits.[2] He is married to fellow manga artist Shinri Mori (森真理, Mori Shinri).
History
[edit]After working as an assistant to manga artist Satoshi Yoshida, Muraeda made his debut in 1987 with Arm a Champion (Weekly Shōnen Sunday extra issue, November).
He has been a childhood friend since kindergarten of Fumiaki Tatesako, who was in charge of the manga adaptation of Gyōten Ningen Batseelor.[3] He is known for his friendship with many manga artists who have serialized their works in Weekly Shōnen Sunday, including Katsutoshi Kawai, Kōji Kumeta, Takashi Shiina, and Kazuhiro Fujita, and is also a friend of voice actor Tomokazu Seki.
In the spring of 2012, Muraeda moved from Tokyo to his hometown in Ashikita, Kumamoto Prefecture.[4]
Works
[edit]- "Koujirou" (1990)
- "Oretachi no Field" (1992)
- "Red" (1998)
- "Kamoshika!" (1999)
- "Kamen Rider Spirits" (2001–2009)
- "Muraeda Kenichi Tanpenshuu" (2002)
- "Seinaru Yoru ni Sanposuru" (2005)
- "Tentou Pirates" (2007)
- "The End Kajin" (2007)
- "Z-End" (2009)
- "Shin Kamen Rider Spirits" (2009)
References
[edit]- ^ Thompson, Jason (2007-10-09). Manga: the complete guide. Ballantine Books/Del Rey. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
Today, publications such as the still-in-print Terebi Magazine and bestselling manga series including Kenichi Muraeda's 2001 Kamen Rider Spirits (with story duties credited to the now-deceased Shotaro Ishinomori) help keep tokusatsu...
- ^ "5 Manga to Continue after Magazine Z's End". Anime News Network. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ Comment on Muraeda's illustration in the second volume of the Gyōten Ningen Batseelor manga
- ^ 西へ還る - Kenichi Muraeda's blog, March 22, 2012
External links
[edit]- Kenichi Muraeda on Twitter
- Kenichi Muraeda Archived 2015-12-23 at the Wayback Machine at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)