Naoki Urasawa

Naoki Urasawa (浦沢 直樹, Urasawa Naoki, born January 2, 1960 in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist.

Works

 * Beta!!
 * Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
 * Pineapple ARMY
 * Dancing Policeman
 * Master Keaton
 * NASA
 * Happy!
 * Monster
 * Jigoro!
 * 20th Century Boys
 * PLUTO
 * Billy Bat
 * Mangari Michi

Awards

 * Début ; Return (1981)
 * New Manga Artist Award of Shogakukan in 1982
 * 1990 (35th) Shogakukan Manga Award (for Yawara!)
 * 1997 (1st) Japan Media Arts Festival, Excellence Prize (for Monster)
 * 1999 (3rd) Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, Grand Prize (for Monster)
 * 2001 (46th) Shogakukan Manga Award (for Monster)
 * 2001 Kodansha Manga Award (for 20th Century Boys)
 * 2002 (6th) Japan Media Arts Festival, Excellence Prize (for 20th Century Boys)
 * 2003 Shogakukan Manga Award (for 20th Century Boys)
 * 2004 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for a Series (for 20th Century Boys)
 * 2005 (9th) Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, Grand Prize (for Pluto)