Mine Yoshizaki
| Mine Yoshizaki | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 2, 1971 Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Website | Mine Yoshizaki's Homepage |
Mine Yoshizaki (吉崎 観音 Yoshizaki Mine?, born December 2, 1971 in Isahaya, Nagasaki) is a Japanese manga creator who first started his career by making dōjinshi based on video games. Yoshizaki also worked as an assistant to manga artist Katsu Aki. His first publication was featured in a compilation book published by Shogakukan in 1989.
Yoshizaki, a graduate student of Nagasaki University, started from drawing his own doujinshi, based on video games that were famous at that time (somewhere in the 1980s). With that doujinshi, he practiced and improved his drawing skills day by day. Yoshizaki said that his experience in drawing doujinshi was the most priceless experience that he ever had. According to him, making doujinshi gave him the opportunity to seek through the world of the manga industry, with all aspects from drawing to producing (meeting with printers, editing process etc.). This allows him to do all the work, rather working in a big-scale production company that lets him work in one particular branch.
He is best known for his manga Keroro Gunso, published as Sgt. Frog in the United States, which was first published in the Japanese manga magazine Shōnen Ace. He is also the creator of Arcade Gamer Fubuki and did character design on the series Seven of Seven. In 2005, Sgt. Frog received the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.
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