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Suihou Tagawa (1899
-
1989),
Japanese
artist.
Born Chutaro Takamizawa on
February 10, 1899 in the city of
Tokyo.
Graduated from Fukakawa's municipal rinkai jinjyo elementary school in
1911. Began producing comics in 1926. In 1927 he gained a regular
assignment selling comic stories and adopted the psuedonym Awa Takamizu,
which was later corrupted into Suihou Tagawa. In 1931 he began the
long-running series "Private Second Class
Norakuro" for the anthology magazine Shonen Club. Although at first
intended to be concluded relatively shortly its immense popularity urged
Tagawa to continue producing the strip. He has won numerous awards and is
recognized as one of the pioneers of the Japanese
manga industry. In 1988 he produced the autobiographical "Watashi no
Rirekisho/My Resume" for the Japanese Newspaper of Economics. He passed
away on
December 12 1989 at the age of 90.
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