Takemitsu Zamurai

Takemitsuzamurai
Cover of the first volume of Takemitsuzamurai
竹光侍
Genre	Historical
Manga
Written by	Issei Eifuku
Illustrated by	Taiyō Matsumoto
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Big Comic Spirits
Original run	2006 – 2010
Volumes	8

Takemitsuzamurai or Takemitsu Zamurai (Japanese: 竹光侍^?) is a Japanese historical samurai seinen manga series written by Issei Eifuku and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto. It's published in Japan by Shogakukan on Big Comic Spirits magazine and in Spain by Glénat. It is composed of eight volumes, the first published in Japan on 15 December 2006 and the last on 28 April 2010.

It won the Excellence Prize in the Manga Division at the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2007. It also won the Grand Prize at the 15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2011. It was nominated for Best Comic at the 2012 Angoulême International Comics Festival.