Yoshito Usui
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Template:Nihongo was a Japanese manga artist known for the popular Crayon Shin-chan series. He was born in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Personal lifeEdit
In 1977, he graduated from Saitama Kasukabe technical high school (埼玉県立春日部工業高等学校). After graduating he attended a part-time design-related college but dropped out. In 1979, he joined an advertising company called POP Advertising. He made his debut as a cartoonist in 1987 when Weekly Manga Action began running his Darakuya Store Monogatari.
In August 1990, his series Crayon Shin-chan began running in Weekly Manga Action, the series started as a spin-off of the character Shinnosuke Nikaido (二階堂信之介) of Darakuya Store Monogatari. An animated series based on the comics began in 1992, and a Crayon Shin-chan boom followed the release of a 1993 animated film. For a year beginning in 1995, Usui's Super Shufu Tsukimi-San comic strip ran in the magazine Manga Life.
Usui was a devotee of Jehovah's Witnesses who had a church facility constructed adjacent to his home in 1994. He was known in the industry to read out the New Testament for a full 20 minutes at each meeting with his publisher and handing them out copies of the Bible as a gift.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
He and his wife raised two daughters; both had moved out of the house at the time of Usui's death.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
DeathEdit
On September 12, 2009, Usui's family reported him missing from his hometown of Kasukabe when Usui did not return from hiking in nearby Gunma Prefecture. On September 19, 2009, a body with clothes matching those described in the report filed by Usui's family was found at the bottom of a cliff at Mount Arafune in Gunma.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref> The body was identified by dental records and family members the next day as being that of Usui.<ref name="Death">Template:Cite news</ref> His camera was recovered and the final shot was taken from the cliff.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
His funeral was held September 23 in a private service.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It was attended by three thousand people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
LegacyEdit
ONE or Tomohiro, the creator of One Punch Man and Mob Psycho 100, cites the manga series Crayon Shin-chan by Usui as having influenced his decision to become a manga artist.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
WorksEdit
- May 1987 - Darakuya Store Monogatari ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, Darakuya Sutoa Monogatari)
- 1990 - Office Lady Gumi ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, Ōeru Gumi)
- 1990 - Crayon Shin-chan ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, Kureyon Shin-chan)
- 1992 - Unbalance Zone ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, Anbaransu Zōn)
- 1992 - Super Shufu Tsukimi-san ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})
- 1992 - Scramble Egg ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, Sukuramburu Eggu
- 1992 - Kabushiki-gaisha Kurubushi Sangyō 24-ji ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})
- 1993 - Usui Yoshito no Motto: Hiraki Naotchau zo! ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})
- 1993 - Hiraki Naotchau zo! ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})
- 1993 - Super Mix ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, Supā Mikkusu)
- 1993 - Mix Connection ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, Mikkusu Konekushon)
- 1994 - Usui Yoshito no Buchikama Theater ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, Usui Yoshito no Buchikama Shiatā)
- 1998 - Atashira Haken Queen ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, Atashira Haken Kuīn)
- 2000 - Usui Yoshito Connection ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, Usui Yoshito Konekushon)
- 2002 - Shiwayose Haken Gaisha K.K. ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})