Mitsuteru Yokoyama
| Mitsuteru Yokoyama | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 18, 1934 Kobe, Japan |
| Died | April 15, 2004 (aged 69) Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Known for |
Tetsujin 28-go Giant Robo' |
Mitsuteru Yokoyama (横山 光輝 Yokoyama Mitsuteru?, June 18, 1934 – April 15, 2004) was a Japanese manga artist born in Suma-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo. His personal name was originally spelled Mitsuteru (光照?), with the same pronunciation. His works include Tetsujin 28-go, Giant Robo, Akakage, Babel II, Sally the Witch, Princess Comet, and adaptations of the Chinese classics Water Margin and Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Yokoyama spent his boyhood during World War II and was evacuated to Tottori with his family. He graduated from Kobe municipal Ota junior high school and went on to the Kobe municipal Suma high school. Osamu Tezuka's "Metropolis" made a deep impression on Yokoyama who wished to become a manga artist in earnest and so he contributed his works to a comic book in his high school days. He entered the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation after graduation from high school, but quit his job before five months passed because there was no time to draw a manga. He found a new job as a publicity department member for a movie company based in Kobe and pursued his manga artist career on his free time.
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