Tetsuya Chiba

Tetsuya Chiba (千è'‰ 徹彌 or ちばてつや, Chiba Tetsuya, born January 11, 1939) is a Japanese manga artist famous for his sports stories.

He was born in Chuo, Tokyo, Japan, but lived most of his early childhood in Manchuria when it was still a Japanese colony during the Second Sino-Japanese War. His father was working in a paper factory when they lived in China. Two of his younger brothers are manga artists: Akio Chiba, and Shigeyuki Chiba who is almost completely unknown outside of Japan, despite writing many popular sports manga in Japan. Shigeyuki Chiba works under the pen name Taro Nami. Chiba's works include Tomorrow's Joe, his best known work. Many of his early titles are still in print due to continued popularity. He lives in Nerima, Tokyo.

History

At the end of the Sino-Japanese War, Chiba's family lived in the attic of a work-acquaintance of his father until they could find a way to get back to Japan. In 1956, while still in high school, Chiba wrote Fukushū no Semushi Otoko for a publisher that produced rental books and was paid ¥12315. In 1958, he made his professional debut in Shōjo Book with Butōkai no Shōjo. In the 1960s, he wrote shōnen and shōjo manga at the same time. He won the Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga in 1977 for Notari Matsutaro.

In July 2012 he was appointed as the chairman of the Japan Cartoonists Association after Takashi Yanase stepped down due to age and health reasons. In Fall 2012 he was awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, by the Japanese government.

Works

Listed chronologically.

• Chikai no MakyÅ« (Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Kodansha, Jan 1961â€"Dec 1962, created by Kazuya Fukumoto)
• 1•2•3 to 4•5•Roku (Shōjo Club, Kodansha, Janâ€"Dec 1962)
• Shidenkai no Taka (Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Jul 1963-Jan 1965)
• Harisu no Kaze (Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Apr 1965-Nov 1967)
• Misokkasu (Shōjo Friend, Kodansha, Aug 1966-Aug 1967)
• Ashita no Joe (Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Jan 1968-Jun 1973, written by Asao Takamori)
• Akane-chan (Shōjo Friend, April 6, 1968-September 29, 1968)
• Hotaru Minako (Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Sep 1972)
• Ore wa Teppei (Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Aug 1973-Apr 1980)
• Notari Matsutarō (Big Comic, Shogakukan, Aug 1973-Jun 1993 and Oct 1995-May 1998)
• Ashita Tenki ni Naare (Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Jan 1981-May 1991)
• Shōnen yo Racket o Idake (Weekly Shōnen Magazine, May 1992-Jun 1994)

References

External links

• Chiba Tetsuya's blog (Japanese)
• Tetsuya Chiba at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Chiba Tetsuya Profile (Japanese)