Takashi Iwashige (いわしげ孝 Iwashige Takashi, born 1954-12-31) is a Japanese manga artist who writes primarily martial-arts manga celebrating individuality. He is best known for the judo series Hanamaru Legend and its sequel New Hanamaru Legend. He received the 1986 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga for Bokkemon.[1]