Tetsuo Hara
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Tetsuo Hara at Japan Expo 2013 in France.
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Hara Tetsuo (原哲夫) 2 September 1961 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Area(s) | Manga artist |
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Notable works
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Fist of the North Star Fist of the Blue Sky Hana no Keiji |
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Tetsuo Hara (Japanese: 原 哲夫 Hepburn: Hara Tetsuo?, born September 2, 1961) is a Japanese manga artist, best known for drawing the series Fist of the North Star (known as Hokuto no Ken in Japan), which he co-authored with Buronson. He is cousin to comedian Ryo Fukawa.
A native of Tokyo, Hara attended Hongō Junior and Senior High School and worked as an assistant to manga artist Yoshihiro Takahashi after graduating. As an amateur, he won the first prize of the 33rd Fresh Jump award for his boxing short story Super Challenger. Hara's professional career began with his first published work: Mad Fighter in 1982. His first serialized work in the Weekly Shōnen Jump was the Iron Don Quixote, a motocross manga which lasted only ten weeks in serialization. He achieved fame after the publication of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) in 1983, which he co-created with Buronson and ran for six years in Weekly Jump. His next long-running serial was Hana no Keiji,a period tale loosely based on a novel by Keiichiro Ryu, which was published in Weekly Jump from 1990 to 1993. He would go on to produce several shorter serials and one-shots for Shueisha until departing from the company in 2000.
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