Hitoshi Iwaaki

 ( 1960 Births ) 

lead=yes is a Japanese manga artist, whose works include the science-fiction/horror series Parasyte.

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Career During high school, he was reading a lot of manga by Osamu Tezuka, which inspired him to begin drawing manga himself. He began working as an assistant for manga artist Kazuo Kamimura in 1984. In 1985, his short story "Gomi no Umi" won the newcomer award Tetsuya Chiba Award and was published in a special edition of Morning magazine. Since then, he has worked mainly for Kodansha, especially Monthly Afternoon magazine.

In 1993, Iwaaki received the Kodansha Manga Award for Parasyte. In 2010, Historie took the grand prize in the manga division of the Japan Media Arts Festival. Historie also earned him the 2012 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize. Iwaaki won the 2020 Saito Takao Award for his work on Reiri.

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Works

• Gomi no Umi (1985; published in Kodansha's Morning Open Zōkan)
• 風子のいる店 (1986–1988; serialized in Kodansha's Morning; 4 volumes)
• Kiseijū (1989–1994; serialized in Kodansha's Morning Open Zōkan (1989) and Monthly Afternoon (1989–1994); 10 volumes)
• 骨の音 (1990; short stories collection volume published by Kodansha)
• Tanabata no Kuni (1996–1999; serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits; 4 volumes)
• 雪の峠・剣の舞 (2001; collected volume of two stories published in Kodansha's Morning Shin-Magnum Zōkan (1999) and Akita Shoten's Young Champion (2000))
• ヘウレーカ (2001–2002; serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal Arashi; 1 volume)
• Hisutorie (2003–present (on hiatus since 2022); serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon; 11 volumes)
• レイリ (illustrated by Daisuke Muroi) (2015–2018; serialized in Akita Shoten's ; 6 volumes)

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