Osamu Akimoto

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Osamu Akimoto (秋本治, Akimoto Osamu) is a Japanese manga artist born on December 11, 1952 in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan. He is best known for his long-running series Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo, which has been continuously published in Weekly Shonen Jump since 1976. Currently running over 1600 chapters, it is the longest-running manga series in history, and as of volume 182 the series has sold over 135 million copies.^[1] He debuted with Kochikame under the pen name of "Tatsuhiko Yamadome" in 1976. He changed his name to Osamu Akimoto in 1978 after Kochikame reached its 100th manga episode.

Works

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump)
Mr. Clice (1989 serialized in Monthly Shonen Jump)
Time… (serialized in Jump SQ.)

Assistants

Chinatsu Tomizawa
Hiroshi Aro
Usune Masatoshi
Naoki Azuma
Shōgo Sakamoto
Yosshihiro Kuroiwa

References

↑ http://comipress.com/article/2007/05/06/1923

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Name	Akimoto, Osamu
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Short description	Manga artist
Date of birth	1952
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