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Tooru Fujisawa
Born
Hokkaido, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Other namesMari Aizawa (相沢 真理)[1][verification needed]
OccupationManga artist
EmployerKodansha
Known forGreat Teacher Onizuka
SpouseAyano Fujisawa
Websitehttp://ameblo.jp/toofu001

Tooru Fujisawa (藤沢 とおる, Fujisawa Tōru, born 1967) is a Japanese manga artist. His name is romanized as Tohru Fujisawa on the Tokyopop English-language Great Teacher Onizuka books and as Toru Fujisawa on the Kodansha bilingual releases. His first serialized work was Adesugata Junjo Boy, published from 1989 in Weekly Shōnen Magazine. Fujisawa's best-known work is Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO) about a biker, Eikichi Onizuka, and his attempt to become and remain a teacher. It is a sequel to Shōnan Jun'ai Gumi! and its side story Bad Company. In 1998, Fujisawa won the Kodansha Manga Award for Great Teacher Onizuka.[2]

Personal

Fujisawa was born and raised in Hokkaido and started drawing as a child. Fujisawa originally wanted to be in animation but decided manga would give him more freedom. He based Shonan Junai Gumi at a seaside location after growing up inland. At the age of 17, he moved to Tokyo by himself to become a manga artist. He wrote science fiction Dōjinshi and submitted them to publishers. He is a fan of Initial D and was inspired by Akira.[3] He is also a fan of the beat 'em up video game Spartan X (Kung-Fu Master).[4]

In 2010, he married actress Ayano Sugiyama.[5][6][7]

Works

References

  1. ^ Aizawa, Mari (w, a). "P-Boys" 週刊少年宝島 [Weekly Shonen Takarajima], vol. 1, no. 1, p. 263–282 (December 19, 1986). Tokyo, Japan: Takarajimasha Inc..
  2. ^ Hahn, Joel. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  3. ^ Tokyopop Interview (GTO Anime DVDs)
  4. ^ Okamoto, Yoshiki; Nishiyama, Takashi. "[ENG SUB] A Talk Between the Creators of Street Fighter and Fatal Fury: KOF (Takashi Nishiyama)". 世界の岡本吉起Ch (in Japanese). YouTube. Event occurs at 1:20. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Ayano Sugiyama".
  6. ^ "GTO's Fujisawa Marries, Expects Child in February".
  7. ^ "Fujisawa Tooru, author of "GTO", to wed actress Ayano".

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Great Teacher Onizuka by Tooru Fujisawa
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