Takashi Iwashige

Takashi Iwashige (いわしげ孝, Iwashige Takashi^?, 31 December 1954 - 6 March 2013) was a Japanese manga artist who wrote primarily martial-arts manga celebrating individuality. He is best known for the judo series Hanamaru Legend and its sequel New Hanamaru Legend. He received the 1986 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga for Bokkemon.

On 6 March 2013, Iwashige died at age 58.

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