Sunao Hari (é‡ ã™ãªãŠ, Hari Sunao), real name Sunao Takagawa (高é–'者 é †, Takagawa Sunao), is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, martial artist born 15 March 1933 in Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Saga Prefectural Saga High School (now Saga Prefectural Saga West High School).
Hari is the fifth son of a the chief priest at KÅdenji, a family temple in the former Saga Domain. He worked at a cotton spinning company and as a bank employee before moving to Tokyo in 1953 to work as a writer for a financial journal. Hari made his professional manga debut in 1956.
He holds a level of 7th dan in aikido, and he studied an offshoot of ShintÅ MusÅ-ryÅ« staff fighting called "Tai no JÅ" (ä½"ã®æ–). He currently operates in Saga City a dojo devoted to the study of aikido and jÅjutsu (staff fighting).
Hari creates the politician caricatures for the Sankei Shimbun, as well as a weekly one panel manga for the Weekly Manga Times. He won the 1973 Japan Cartoonists Association Award for Excellence for his work Hari Sunao Nigaoe MangashÅ«: Sokkuri (é‡ã™ãªãŠä¼¼é¡"絵漫ç"»é›†ãƒ»ãã£ãã‚Š). He also won the BungeishunjÅ« Manga Award in 1998 for his political caricatures.
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