Naoki Urasawa (浦沢 直樹, Urasawa Naoki, born January 2, 1960 in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist.
Works[]
- Asadora!
- 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)