Kazuhiro Kiuchi

Kazuhiro Kiuchi (きうちかずひろ [木内一裕], Kiuchi Kazuhiro, born September 14, 1960 in Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist, film director and novelist. As a manga writer, he is best known for the series Be-Bop High School, which won the 1988 Kodansha Manga Award for the general category^[2] and was adapted as series of live-action movies and as a 7 episode anime OVA series. He was director of one segment of Killers.

Kazuhiro Kiuchi
木内 一裕
Born	(1960-09-14) September 14, 1960 (age 64)[1] Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	Manga artist, film director and novelist
Years active	Manga: 1983-present Film: 1991-present Novel: 2004-present
Known for	Be-Bop High School
Website	www.facebook.com/Kiuchi.Kazuhiro.BeBop

Manga series

• Be-Bop High School (1983–2003)
• Saru Banchō (1996–1997)
• MI-4 (1998–1999)

Films

• Karurosu (1991)
• Be-Bop High School (1994)
• Joker (1996)
• Tetsu to Namari (1997)
• Kyōhansha (1999)
• Pay Off (Killers) (2003)
• Out and Out (2018)

Novels

• Wara no Tate (藁の楯), 2004 (Film: Shield of Straw, directed by Takashi Miike, 2013)
  • English translation: Shield of Straw, translated by Asumi Shibata, Vertical, 2016
• Mizu no Naka no Inu (水の中の犬), 2007
  • English translation: A Dog in Water, translated by Maya Rosewood, Vertical, 2013
• Auto ando Auto (Out & Out) (アウト&アウト), 2009
• Kiddo (Kid) (キッド), 2010
• Deddobōru (Dead Ball) (デッドボール), 2011
• Kamisama no Okurimono (神様の贈り物), 2012
• Kenka-Zaru (喧嘩猿), 2013

References

1. 木内一裕/きうちかずひろ [Kazuhiro Kiuchi]. Facebook (in Japanese). Retrieved May 3, 2015.
2. Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on August 16, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2007.

External links

• Official page on Facebook (in Japanese)
• Profile at The Ultimate Manga Site Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
• Kazuhiro Kiuchi at Vertical Inc