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Akira Hiramoto
平本アキラ
Akira Hiramoto 平本アキラ
Born	1976 (age 48–49); Okinawa Prefecture
Area(s)	Manga artist
Notable works	Agonashi Gen to Ore Monogatari; Me and the Devil Blues; Prison School;
Awards	Glyph Comics Awards (2009), Kodansha Manga Award (2013)

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Akira Hiramoto (Japanese: 平本アキラ, Hepburn: Hiramoto Akira, born 1976) is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut with Sono Tomodachi ni Gimon Ari story in 1995 in Weekly Young Magazine. He is best known as the creator of Prison School, which won the General Manga Category award at the 2013 Kodansha Awards,^[1] and Me and the Devil Blues, which has won the 2009 Glyph Comics Awards for the Best Reprint Publication.^[2]

Works

Agonashi Gen to Ore Monogatari (アゴなしゲンとオレ物語) (1997–2009) —– Writer, artist
Me and the Devil Blues (俺と悪魔のブルーズ) (2004–2008, 2015–present) —– Writer, artist
Yarisugi Companion to Atashi Monogatari (やりすぎコンパニオンとアタシ物語) (2007–2008) —– Writer, artist
Youkei Seijuku Onna Hilda (幼形成熟女ヒルダ) (2011) —– Writer, artist
Prison School (監獄学園) (2011–2017) —– Writer, artist^[3]
Raw Hero (2018–2020) —– Writer, artist^[4]
Futari Switch (ふたりスイッチ) (2022–present) —– Writer, artist^[5]
Super Ball Girls (スーパーボールガールズ) (2022–present) —– Artist; written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro^[6]

References

^ "Winners at 37th Kodansha Manga Awards". Anime News Network. May 9, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
^ "Me and the Devil Blues Manga Wins Glyph Comic Award". Anime News Network. May 18, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
^ 「アゴゲン」平本アキラ、新連載は全寮制ハーレムコメディ. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 7, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
^ "Prison School's Akira Hiramoto Launches New Manga on September 25". Anime News Network. September 11, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
^ "Akira Hiramoto's New Manga Futari Switch Launches on March 4". Anime News Network. February 7, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
^ "Akira Hiramoto, Muneyuki Kaneshiro Launch New Manga on October 14". Anime News Network. June 25, 2022. Retrieved June 25, 2022.

External links

Akira Hiramoto's manga works at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
Akira Hiramoto's manga volumes at Kodansha (in Japanese)
Akira Hiramoto at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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[1] "Winners at 37th Kodansha Manga Awards". Anime News Network. May 9, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2015.

[2] "Me and the Devil Blues Manga Wins Glyph Comic Award". Anime News Network. May 18, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2009.

[3] 「アゴゲン」平本アキラ、新連載は全寮制ハーレムコメディ. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 7, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2022.

[4] "Prison School's Akira Hiramoto Launches New Manga on September 25". Anime News Network. September 11, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2022.

[5] "Akira Hiramoto's New Manga Futari Switch Launches on March 4". Anime News Network. February 7, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.

[6] "Akira Hiramoto, Muneyuki Kaneshiro Launch New Manga on October 14". Anime News Network. June 25, 2022. Retrieved June 25, 2022.

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-{{Nihongo|'''Akira Hiramoto'''| {{Ruby-ja|平本|ひらもと}}アキラ|Hiramoto Akira}} is a Japanese professional mangaka serialised in seinen publication ''Weekly Young Magazine'', owned by [[Kodansha|Kodansha Comics]]. He was born in [[Okinawa Prefecture]] in [[Japan]] on 14<sup>th</sup> November, 1976, and is currently aged 38.<sup><ref>[http://ddnavi.com/feature/185608/a/ ハーレム×監獄。壁をぶち壊していく快感と、“女性の強さ”を描きたい | Da Vinci News]. '''(Japanese)''' Retrieved 08-08-2015.</ref></sup> He has produced multiple works while signed to Kodansha Comics, of which the magnum opus was the long-running gag manga "''Agonashi Gen to Ore Monogatari''". He is currently working on one manga series as the author & artist of [[Prison School|''Prison School'']],<sup><ref name=":0" /></sup> which won the General Manga Category award at the 37<sup>th</sup> Kodansha Awards Ceremony in 2013.<sup><ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-09/37th-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-announced" Winners at 37th Kodansha Manga Awards" | Anime News Network]. Retrieved 06-08-2015.</ref></sup>
+{{nihongo|'''Akira Hiramoto'''|平本 アキラ|Hiramoto Akira|born 1976|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga artist]]. He made his debut with ''Sono Tomodachi ni Gimon Ari'' story in 1995 in [[Weekly Young Magazine]]. He is best known as the creator of ''[[Prison School]]'', which won the General Manga Category award at the 2013 Kodansha Awards,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-09/37th-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-announced | title=Winners at 37th Kodansha Manga Awards | website=[[Anime News Network]] | date=May 9, 2013 | access-date=October 23, 2015 }}</ref> and ''[[Me and the Devil Blues (manga)|Me and the Devil Blues]]'', which has won the 2009 [[Glyph Comics Awards]] for the Best Reprint Publication.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-18/me-and-the-devil-blues-manga-wins-glyph-comic-award|title=''Me and the Devil Blues'' Manga Wins Glyph Comic Award|date=May 18, 2009|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 19, 2009}}</ref>
-==His Work==
-===Manga Series===
-*{{Nihongo|''Agonashi Gen to Ore Monogatari''|アゴなしゲンとオレ物語||lit. The Jawless Gen' Story and Mine}} - a completed long-running gag manga about low-earning middle-aged shipping company manager Gen and his employees, that ran from Merger Issue No. 5-6 of 1998 to Issue No. 27 in 2009.<sup><ref>[http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000000018 "The Jawless Gen' Story and Mine" Hiramoto Akira: The Published List | Kodansha Comics]. '''(Japanese)''' Retrieved 08-08-2015.</ref></sup>
+==Works==
-*{{Nihongo|''Me and the Devil Blues''|俺と悪魔のブルーズ|Ore to Akuma no Burūzu}}  - a popular manga about the black blues legend selling his soul to the devil and losing his family in order to become a musical legend and roam America, titled after the musician's most famous song.<sup><ref>[http://yanmaga.jp/contents/oretoakumanoblues/?_ga=1.196430636.1084205824.1437520254 Young Magazine "Me and the Devil Blues" website]. '''(Japanese)''' Retrieved 08-08-2015.</ref></sup> It ran in Kodansha's ''Monthly Afternoon Magazine'' from November 25, 2003 to February 25, 2008 before an indefinite haitus.<sup><ref>[http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000000140 "Me and the Devil Blues" Hiramoto Akira: The Published List | Kodansha Comics]. '''(Japanese)''' Retrieved 08-08-2015.</ref></sup> This was the first manga of Hiramoto's to be published in the Northern American market, by [[wikipedia:Del Rey Manga|Del Rey Manga]],<sup><ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-10-08/del-rey-media-blasters-announce-new-manga-licenses "Media Blasters, Del Rey Announce New Manga Licenses" | Anime News Network]. Retrieved 09-08-2015.</ref></sup> and has begun re-release after haitus in ''Young Magazine the Third'' starting in February 6, 2015.<sup><ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-09/young-magazine-the-3rd-magazine-line-up-detailed/.77462 "Young Magazine the 3rd Magazine's Line-Up Detailed" | Anime News Network]. Retrieved 11-09-2015.</ref></sup>
+*{{nihongo|''Agonashi Gen to Ore Monogatari''|アゴなしゲンとオレ物語}} (1997–2009) —– Writer, artist
-*{{Nihongo|''Yarisugi Companion to Atashi Monogatari''|やりすぎコンパニオンとアタシ物語||lit. Overdo Companions and My Story}} - a mature fanservice manga about an assistant at a Japanese hot spring in Tokyo. Having begun as a oneshot, it ran from Issue No. 46 in 2007 to Issue No. 8 in 2008.<sup><ref>[http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063616552 "Overdo Companions and My Story" Hiramoto Akira: Yanmaga KC | Kodansha Comics]. '''(Japanese)''' Retrieved 08-08-2015.</ref></sup>
+*{{nihongo|''[[Me and the Devil Blues (manga)|Me and the Devil Blues]]''|俺と悪魔のブルーズ}} (2004–2008, 2015–present) —– Writer, artist
+*{{nihongo|''Yarisugi Companion to Atashi Monogatari''|やりすぎコンパニオンとアタシ物語}} (2007–2008) —– Writer, artist
+*{{nihongo|''Youkei Seijuku Onna Hilda''|幼形成熟女ヒルダ}} (2011) —– Writer, artist
+*{{nihongo|''[[Prison School]]''|監獄学園}} (2011–2017) —– Writer, artist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/44613|script-title=ja:「アゴゲン」平本アキラ、新連載は全寮制ハーレムコメディ|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja|date=February 7, 2011|access-date=March 4, 2022}}</ref>
+*''[[Raw Hero]]'' (2018–2020) —– Writer, artist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-11/prison-school-akira-hiramoto-launches-new-manga-on-september-25/.136458|title=Prison School's Akira Hiramoto Launches New Manga on September 25|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 11, 2018|access-date=March 4, 2022}}</ref>
+*{{nihongo|''Futari Switch''|ふたりスイッチ}} (2022–present) —– Writer, artist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-07/akira-hiramoto-new-manga-futari-switch-launches-on-march-4/.182336|title=Akira Hiramoto's New Manga Futari Switch Launches on March 4|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 7, 2022|access-date=March 4, 2022}}</ref>
+*{{nihongo|''[[Super Ball Girls]]''|スーパーボールガールズ}} (2022–present) —– Artist; written by [[Muneyuki Kaneshiro]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-25/akira-hiramoto-muneyuki-kaneshiro-launch-new-manga-on-october-14/.186994|title=Akira Hiramoto, Muneyuki Kaneshiro Launch New Manga on October 14|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 25, 2022|access-date=June 25, 2022}}</ref>
+==References==
-*{{Nihongo|[[Prison School (manga)|''Prison School'']]|監獄学園|Purizun Sukūru}} - a mature comedy manga about the enrollment and internal imprisonment of five boys at a girls school recently turned co-ed, and their struggle to stay enrolled despite resistance from its schoolgirls.<sup><ref>[http://yanmaga.jp/contents/prison_school Young Magazine "Prison School" website]. '''(Japanese)''' Retrieved 08-08-2015.</ref></sup> The manga is currently serialised starting from Issue No. 10 in 2011 as the author's only series, having won a publisher award from Kodansha and an [[Prison School (anime)|anime adaptation]] by JC Staff.<sup><ref name=":0">[http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000005527 "Prison School" Hiramoto Akira: The Published List | Kodansha Comics]. '''(Japanese)''' Retrieved 08-08-2015.</ref></sup>
+{{Reflist}}
+==External links==
-===Oneshots and Crossovers===
+* [http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/authorities/9870 Akira Hiramoto]'s manga works at Media Arts Database {{in lang|ja}}
-*{{Nihongo|''Chōzetsu Dodomeiro Pinup NEMESISTERS''|超絶ドドメ色ピンナップ NEMESISTERS||lit. Transcendent Maroon-Colored Various Pinup NEMESISTERS}} - an illustration published in Issue No. 2 2010 in the Kodansha bimonthly magazine ''Nemesis''.<sup><ref name=":1">[http://shonen-sirius.com/nemesis/ NEMESIS Monthly Shonen Sirius | Kodansha Comics]. '''(Japanese)''' Retrieved 09-08-2015.</ref></sup><sup><ref>[http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063759730 NEMESIS Issue No.2 2010: KC Deluxe | Kodansha Comics]. '''(Japanese)''' Retrieved 09-08-2015.</ref></sup>
+* [http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/search?author_name=平本アキラ Akira Hiramoto]'s manga volumes at Kodansha {{in lang|ja}}
+* {{anime News Network|people|63819}}
+{{Kodansha Manga Award - General}}
-*{{Nihongo|''Yōkei Seijuku Onna Hilda''|幼形成熟女ヒルダ||lit. Juvenile Form Mature Woman Hilda}} - a oneshot published in 2011 Issue No. 6 of ''Nemesis''.<sup><ref name=":1" /><ref>[http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063761276 NEMESIS Issue No.6 2011: KC Deluxe | Kodansha Comics]. '''(Japanese)''' Retrieved 08-08-2015.</ref></sup>
+{{Authority control}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Hiramoto, Akira}}
-*{{Nihongo|''Neo Parasyte''|ネオ寄生獣|Neo Kiseijū}} - the first short-story single chapter oneshot based on manga series Kiseijuu. The series is a collaboration with other mangaka to promote the upcoming ''Parasyte: A Maxim'' anime.<sup><ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-23/me-and-the-devil-blues-hiramoto-to-draw-parasyte-1-shot/.77849 "Me and the Devil Blues' Hiramoto to Draw Parasyte Oneshot" | Anime News Network]. Retrieved 08-08-2015.</ref></sup> It ran in 2014 Issue No. 9 of Monthly Afternoon Magazine,  with other authors such as ''Fairy Tail''<nowiki/>'s Hiro Mashima and ''Peacemaker''<nowiki/>'s Ryoji Minagawa producing other chapters.<sup><ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-22/fairy-tail-mashima-to-draw-parasyte-one-shot-manga/.90759 "Fairy Tail's Mashima to Draw Parasyte One-Shot Manga" | Anime News Network].  Retrieved 08-08-2015.</ref></sup>
+[[Category:1976 births]]
+[[Category:Living people]]
+[[Category:Manga artists from Okinawa Prefecture]]
+[[Category:People from Okinawa Prefecture]]
+[[Category:Ryukyuan people]]
+[[Category:Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General)]]
-*{{Nihongo|''[[Prison School vs. School of Supreme Evil]]''|[監獄学園] vs. [巨悪学園]}} - a single-chapter crossover oneshot between Akira Hiramoto and Katsuhito Nagasawa featuring characters from both universes.
+{{Manga-artist-stub}}
-==Trivia==
-*The Young Magazine editor of Prison School has confirmed that there are spoof Twitter accounts associated with the author.<sup><ref>[https://twitter.com/kangoku_tantou/status/448367943403843585 『監獄学園』担当: "kangoku_tantou" Tweet | Twitter]. '''(Japanese)''' Retrieved 08-08-2015.</ref></sup>
-*However, the official author account is not for contact according to its biography.<sup><ref>[https://twitter.com/hiramoto_akira 平 本 ア キ ラ (akira_hiramoto) | Twitter Bio]</ref></sup>
-*Akira Hiramoto has never appeared in photos or public events and is somewhat more reclusive than other mangaka.
-*A characterised Akira Hiramoto makes a guest appearance in a [[Chapter Special 1|three]]-[[Chapter Special 2|chapter]] [[Chapter Special 3|special]] promoting the [[Prison School (anime)|anime adaptation]] of the [[Prison School (manga)|''Prison School'' manga]].
-== References ==
-{{reflist}}
-== External links ==
-*[https://twitter.com/hiramoto_akira Akira Hiramoto's Official Twitter]

v t e Kodansha Manga Award – General
1980s	Karyūdo no Seiza by Machiko Satonaka (1982) P.S. Genki Desu, Shunpei by Fumi Saimon (1983) Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo (1984) Okashi na Futari by Jūzō Yamasaki (1985) Adolf by Osamu Tezuka and What's Michael? by Makoto Kobayashi (1986) Actor by Kaiji Kawaguchi (1987) Bonobono by Mikio Igarashi and Be-Bop High School by Kazuhiro Kiuchi (1988) Showa: A History of Japan by Shigeru Mizuki (1989)
1990s	The Silent Service by Kaiji Kawaguchi and Gorillaman by Harold Sakuishi (1990) Kachō Shima Kōsaku by Kenshi Hirokane and Waru by Jun Fukami (1991) Naniwa Kin'yūdō by Yūji Aoki (1992) Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaaki (1993) Tetsujin Ganma by Yasuhito Yamamoto (1994) Hanada Shōnen Shi by Makoto Isshiki (1995) The Ping Pong Club by Minoru Furuya (1996) Dragon Head by Minetarō Mochizuki (1997) Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto and Sōten Kōro by Hagin Yi and King Gonta (1998) Wangan Midnight by Michiharu Kusunoki (1999)
2000s	Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue (2000) 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa (2001) Zipang by Kaiji Kawaguchi (2002) Tensai Yanagisawa Kyōju no Seikatsu by Kazumi Yamashita (2003) Basilisk by Masaki Segawa (2004) Dragon Zakura by Norifusa Mita (2005) Mushishi by Yuki Urushibara (2006) Big Windup! by Asa Higuchi (2007) Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture by Masayuki Ishikawa (2008) Oh My Goddess! by Kōsuke Fujishima (2009)
2010s	Giant Killing by Masaya Tsunamoto (2010) March Comes In like a Lion by Chica Umino and Space Brothers by Chūya Koyama (2011) Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura (2012) Gurazeni by Yūji Moritaka and Keiji Adachi and Prison School by Akira Hiramoto (2013) Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū by Haruko Kumota (2014) Knights of Sidonia by Tsutomu Nihei (2015) Kōnodori by Yū Suzunoki (2016) The Fable by Katsuhisa Minami (2017) Sanju Mariko by Yuki Ozawa and Fragile by Saburō Megumi and Bin Kusamizu (2018) What Did You Eat Yesterday? by Fumi Yoshinaga (2019)
2020s	Blue Period by Tsubasa Yamaguchi (2020) Yuria-sensei no Akai Ito by Kiwa Irie (2021) Police in a Pod by Miko Yasu (2022) Skip and Loafer by Misaki Takamatsu (2023) Medalist by Tsurumaikada (2024)

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