Yutaka Hara

Yutaka Hara (原 ゆたか, Hara Yutaka, born April 28, 1953) is a Japanese writer and illustrator of children's literature. He was born in Kumamoto in 1953, and is the winner of the 1974 KFS Contest Kodansha Children's Literature Award (KFSコンテスト・講談社児童図書部門賞受賞).^[1]

Yutaka Hara
Born	(1953-04-28) April 28, 1953 (age 71) Kumamoto
Occupation	Writer/illustrator
Language	Japanese
Nationality	Japanese
Notable works	Kaiketsu Zorori (Incredible Zorori)
Notable awards	KFS Contest Kodansha Children's Literature Award, 1974
Website
www.zorori.com

He is the author of several series of children's illustrated books including the very popular Kaiketsu Zorori (Incredible Zorori), Chiisana Mori (Small Forest), Meimon furaido chiken shougakkou (the famous fried chicken primary school]) and Touyuuki (Journey to the East: the title is a homage to the famous Chinese novel Journey to the West).

Works

• Spinach Man (ほうれんそうマンシリーズ)
• Kaiketsu Zorori (かいけつゾロリシリーズ)
• Ishishi and Noshishi's series (イシシとノシシのスッポコヘッポコへんてこ話シリーズ)
• Prestigious Fried Chicken Elementary School (名門フライドチキン小学校シリーズ)
• Nyantan (にゃんたんシリーズ)
• Azumaasobi-ki (東遊記シリーズ)
• Haunted Uta-kun (おばけのユータくんシリーズ)
• Magic Souvenir (魔法のおみやげシリーズ)
• Pukapuka Chocolate Island (プカプカチョコレー島シリーズ)
• Yawamushi Ghost (よわむしおばけシリーズ)
• Small Forest (ちいさなもり)
• Santa Claus First Grader (サンタクロース一年生)
• Mr. Dairobo (大どろぼうブラブラ氏)
• Ninja Samurai Gum Chocolate Banana (にんじゃざむらい ガムチョコバナナシリーズ)

References

1. Book Signing Announcement at Keirindo Archived 11 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine 2009-12-19 (in Japanese)

External links

• J'Lit | Authors : Yutaka Hara | Books from Japan (in English)
• Hara Yutaka's page Kaiketsu Zorori (in Japanese)
• Yutaka Hara on Japanese Sweets Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
• Sketch exhibition at Himeji Castle (in Japanese)
• Author Visit (in Japanese)
• New editions of Kaiketsu Zorori and Keroro Gunzo (Sgt Frog) (in Japanese)