Kaiji Kawaguchi

Kaiji Kawaguchi
Born	(1948-07-27) July 27, 1948 Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Manga artist
Notable works	Actor The Silent Service Zipang A Spirit of the Sun
Awards	11th Kodansha Manga Award for general manga – Actor 14th Kodansha Manga Award for general manga – The Silent Service 26th Kodansha Manga Award for general manga – Zipang 51st Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga – A Spirit of the Sun

Kaiji Kawaguchi (Japanese: 川口 開治 or かわぐち かいじ, Hepburn: Kawaguchi Kaiji, born July 27, 1948) is a Japanese manga author whose works include Eagle and Zipang. Generally, his stories involve Japan and examine the moral choices that people make in extreme situations. He received the Kodansha Manga Award three times, for Actor in 1987, for The Silent Service in 1990, and for Zipang in 2002. He has also received the Shogakukan Manga Award, for A Spirit of the Sun in 2006.

Works

• Gunka no Hibiki (1975–76), story by Ryō Hanmura
• Terror no Keifu (1975)
• Pro: Mahjong-kai no Hikari to Kage (1981–84)
• Iki ni Kanzu (1983), story by Yūjirō Yoshida
• Hard & Loose (1983–87), story by Marley Carib
• Kiba-Ken (1984–85), story by Fumio Azuma
• Actor (1985)
• Ai Monogatari (1987–89)
• The Silent Service (1989)
• Medusa (1990–94)
• Mosaren Bugi (1991–92)
• Shisetsu Tantei Akai Kiba (1991), story by Azusa Katsume
• Gokudou Shippuden: Bakudan (1992)
• Tantei Hammer (1992)
• YELLOW (1995), story by Shinji Miyazaki
• Cocoro (1997)
• Araragi Tokkyu (1997)
• Eagle (1997–2001)
• Ruri no kamikaze (1998)
• Bullet & Beast (1998–99)
• Confession (1999), story by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
• Seizon Life (2000), story by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
• The Battery (2001)
• Kuroi Taiyō (2001)
• Zipang (2001–09)
• A Spirit of the Sun (2003–10)
• Kousetsu Mahjong Shinsengumi (2006–07)
• Ginrou ni Kodoku wo Mita (2007), story by Saho Sasazawa
• Hyōma no Hata (2011–14)
• Boku wa Beatles (2011–12), story by Tetsuo Fujii
• Rijin no Fushigi na Yakyū (Jo) (2012)
• Zipang: Shinsō Kairyū (2012– )
• Burai-hen (2013)

External links

• Kaiji Kawaguchi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia