Michiharu Kusunoki

Michiharu Kusunoki (Japanese: 楠 みちはる, Hepburn: Kusunoki Michiharu^?, born 25 January 1957) is a Japanese manga artist from Tosa, Kōchi. He is most known for its street racing series Wangan Midnight serialized in Kodansha weekly Young Magazine and which has been adapted into a 26 episode anime series, a series of video games, and a movie.

Other manga series created by Michiharu Kusunoki include J Monogatari and Shakotan Boogie also published by Kodansha.

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