Ryoji Minagawa
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Ryoji Minagawa (亮二 皆川), born on 1964 in Tokyo, Japan was a Japanese manga artist. He was widely known in the manga community, both Japan and abroad, for his work, Spriggan (Striker in the US/Canada).
For his work, he was invited with Spriggan collaborator Hiroshi Takashige to go to a comic convention in Portugal in 1996 as a guest of honor. He worked on other manga comics before he went on to create Project ARMS with fellow manga artist, Kyoichi Nanatsuki.
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[edit] History
Made his manga debut with the comic, HEAVEN in 1988. From 1991 to 1996, he worked with fellow artist Hiroshi Takashige in working on the 11 volumes of Spriggan. His work had brought him fame across North America and Europe.
After work on Spriggan was complete, he went on to do Kyo in 1996, followed by the creation of Project Arms from 1997-2002.
In 1999, he was honored by Shogakukan in the 44th Shogakukan Manga Awards in 1999 for the success of Project Arms. In 2003, he created D-Live!!, which was his latest manga comic to date.
[edit] Known Works
[edit] Manga
HEAVEN (1988): Original Creator
Spriggan (1991-1996) : Art
Kyo (1996): Original Creator
Project ARMS (manga: 1997-2002) : Original creator
Project ARMS (TV: 1997-2002) : Original creator
D-Live!! (2003): Original Creator
[edit] TV
Kiddy Grade (TV) : Eyecatch Illustration (ep 14)
[edit] Video games
Live a Live: Character Designer
Tsukiyo ni Saraba: Character Designer
[edit] Trivia
- His first name is sometimes translated as Ryouji.
