Kaze no Daichi

Kaze no Daichi
風の大地
Genre Drama, Sports
Manga
Written by Nobuhiro Sakata
Illustrated by Eiji Kazama
Published by Shogakukan
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Big Comic Original
Original run 1990 – ongoing
Volumes 52 (List of volumes)
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Kaze no Daichi (風の大地?, "Windy Plains") is an ongoing golf manga written by Nobuhiro Sakata (author of Dan Doh!!) and illustrated by Eiji Kazama. It has been published by Shogakukan in Big Comic Original since 1991 and collected in 52 tankōbon volumes as of August 2010.[1][2] It received the 1993 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.[3]

The series is the story Keisuke Okita, who takes up golf at the age of 24 and through talent, hard work, and good coaching quickly turns pro. After a good performance in Asian professional golf tours, he enters the British Open, where he falls in love with his caddy, Lily. He later participates other major golf tournaments, including the Masters Tournament.

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Characters

Keisuke Okita (沖田圭介 Okita Keisuke?)
Protagonist of the series.Keisuke have to leave university because of family problems and now at the 24 years of age joined Kanuma country club as a trainee.
Masayuki Ugajin (宇賀神正行 Ugajin Masayuki?)
Takashi kasazaki (笠崎孝 Kasazaki Takashi?)

Manga

The Japanese manga series Kaze no Daichi is written by Nobuhiro Sakata and illustrated by Eiji Kazama. It has been serialized in the seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original by Shogakukan since 1990. The chapters have been collected in tankōbon and are released by Shogakukan.The first volume of Kaze no Daichi was released on March 30, 1991.[1] As of August 30, 2010 fifty two volumes have been released.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "風の大地 1" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_4091824617. Retrieved September 13, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "風の大地 52" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_9784091833907. Retrieved September 13, 2010. 
  3. ^ "小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html. Retrieved 2008-06-19.