Kachō Kōsaku Shima
| Kachō Kōsaku Shima | |
 Kachō Kōsaku Shima featured in the cover of Weekly Morning | |
| 課長島耕作 (Kachō Shima Kōsaku) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Kōsaku Shima Series | |
| Written by | Kenshi Hirokane |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Weekly Morning |
| Original run | 1983 – present |
| Volumes | 73 |
| Manga | |
| Kōsaku Shima Spin-off Series | |
| Written by | Kenshi Hirokane |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Weekly Morning |
| Original run | 2001 – present |
| Volumes | 18 |
Kachō Kōsaku Shima (Japanese: 課長島耕作) is the first in a number of Japanese manga series, by Kenshi Hirokane, about a fictional salaryman named Kōsaku Shima. The series ran from 1983–1992 under this title, winning the 1991 Kodansha Manga Award in the General category.[1] As of 2013, the series has sold over 40 million copies in Japan.[2]
It depicts the life of a salaryman, a Japanese white-collar worker who devotes his life to his company. The manga has also been published as 7 bilingual volumes (Japanese-English) called Division Chief Kosaku Shima[3] and President Kosaku Shima,[4] and in French and German. In addition to various manga there has also been one comedic ONA, and two comedic anime adaptations lasting 11 episodes each, a live action film, and a single episode TV drama. The character also acts as the "host" or framing device for a business documentary series on NHK World, Shima Kosaku's Asian Entrepreneurs.
At the start of the long-running series, Shima Kōsaku is a kachō, or section chief, of a huge conglomerate, Hatsushiba Electric. He is later promoted to buchō (division chief) and eventually promoted to manager and executive-director, and with each promotion the title of the series changed as well. He was promoted to the president of Hatsushiba Electric, and the title changed to "Shachō" Shima Kōsaku, which means "President Kōsaku Shima". The fictional conglomerate is modeled after Panasonic, or Matsushita Electric, where Hirokane worked before and is highly accurate in its portrayal of Japanese corporate culture.
Series
- Kachō Shima Kōsaku (課長島耕作, "Section Chief Kōsaku Shima") 1983–1992: 17 volumes[2][5]
- Buchō Shima Kōsaku (部長島耕作, "Manager Kōsaku Shima") 1992–2002: 13 volumes[6][7]
- Torishimariyaku Shima Kōsaku (取締役島耕作, "Assistant Director Kōsaku Shima") 2002–2005: 8 volumes[8][9]
- Jōmu Shima Kōsaku (常務島耕作, "Director Kōsaku Shima") 2005–2006: 6 volumes[10][11]
- Senmu Shima Kōsaku (専務島耕作, "Executive Director Kōsaku Shima") 2006–2008: 5 volumes[12][13]
- Shachō Shima Kōsaku (社長島耕作, "President Kōsaku Shima") 2008–2013: 16 volumes[14][15]
- Kaichō Shima Kōsaku (会長島耕作, "Chairman Kōsaku Shima") 2013–present: 8 volumes[16][17]
Spin-offs
- Young Shima Kōsaku (ヤング島耕作, "Young Kōsaku Shima") 2001–2006: 4 volumes[18][19]
- Kakarichou Shima Kōsaku (係長島耕作, "Subsection Chief Kōsaku Shima") 2010–2013: 4 volumes[22][23]
- Gakusei Shima Kōsaku (学生島耕作, "Student Kōsaku Shima") 2014–present: 6 volumes[24][25]
Video games
- Kachō Kōsaku Shima: Super Business Adventure (Super Famicom) 1993 (published by Yutaka)
- CR Kachō Kōsaku Shima (Pachinko) 2006 (published by Newgin)
- Kachō Shima Kōsaku DS: Dekiru Otoko no Love & Success (Nintendo DS) 2008 (published by Konami)
References
- ↑ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 2007-11-21. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- 1 2 島耕作 ： 社長退任で「会長編」へ 連載30年節目に. Mainichi Shimbun Digital (in Japanese). July 11, 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/541567.Division_Chief_Kosaku_Shima_Kodansha_Bilingual_Comics_Volume_5
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/President-Kosaku-Bilingual-English-Japanese/dp/4770041322/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1490637923&sr=1-2&keywords=President+Kosaku+Shima
- ↑ "課長 島耕作（１７）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "部長 島耕作（１）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "部長 島耕作（１３）＜完＞" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "取締役 島耕作（１）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "取締役 島耕作（８）＜完＞" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "常務 島耕作（１）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "常務 島耕作（６） ＜完＞" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "専務 島耕作（１）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "専務 島耕作（５） ＜完＞" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "社長 島耕作（１）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "社長 島耕作（１６）＜完＞" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "会長 島耕作（１）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "会長 島耕作（8）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
- ↑ "ヤング島耕作（１）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "ヤング島耕作（４） ＜完＞" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "ヤング島耕作 主任編（１）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "ヤング島耕作 主任編（４）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "係長 島耕作（１）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "係長 島耕作（４）＜完＞" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "学生 島耕作（１）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "学生 島耕作（6）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
External links
- Kachō Kōsaku Shima (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- A question of character, The Economist, 7 August 2008