Online dictionary of manga and video games in Japan: Tetsuya Chiba

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Tetsuya Chiba

千葉徹弥
alternative words: Chiba Tetsuya
keywords: author , manga
related topics: Shonen Magazine , Ashita no Joe
related web sites: http://www.aruke.com/tetsuya/
explanation: Born on January 11, 1939 at Tokyo. After his birth, the whole family had immigrated to Manchuria but returned back to Japan after WWII. Precocious mangaka, he already began to publish at the age of 17. His most representative works are: Chikai no makyu (tale of a baseball pitcher) in 1961-62, Shidenkai no taka (tale of a pilot in WWII) in 1963-65 and Ashita no Joe (Rocky Joe in English title, tale of a boxer) in 1968-73. All the manga were published on Shonen magazine of Kodansha.