Norihiro Yagi

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Norihiro Yagi (八木 教広, Yagi Norihiro, born 1968) is a shōnen mangaka.

Yagi was born 1968 in Okinawa, Japan. He started making manga in 1990.

Norihiro Yagi is a successful mangaka, having won the 32nd Akatsuka Award for his very first work, Undeadman. Undeadman appeared in Monthly Shonen Jump and has produced two sequels. Yagi's first serialized manga was his comedy-genre Angel Densetsu, which appeared in Monthly Shonen Jump from 1992 to 2000. His most current work, Claymore, has been running in the magazine since 2001.

Yagi's favorite things to do in his spare time is listen to hard rock music, play video games, drive, and perform martial arts. Yagi's favorite Japanese comedic duo is Downtown.[1]

[edit] Bibliography

  • Undeadman
  • Angel Densetsu - comedy, 15 volumes, from 1992 to 2000.
  • Claymore - Seinen, Heroic Fantasy, 11 volumes in progress.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Claymore manga, Volume 1 introduction
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