Yamada, Akihiro

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Name (Latin)
Yamada, Akihiro
Date of birth
1957-02-10
Associated country
Japan
Field of activity
Comics (Graphic works)
Graphic arts
comics books strips etc
Occupation
Illustrators
comics writers
Associated Language
jpn
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 117853280
Wikidata: Q2829038
Library of congress: n 2006065523
TAU10: 000160012
Sources of Information

Wikipedia description:

Akihiro Yamada (山田 章博, Yamada Akihiro); born February 10, 1957, in Kōchi) is a Japanese illustrator and manga artist. During his career, Yamada has branched out into making book covers, character design for video games, theatre costume and set design, concept design for live-action film, and more, though his passion continues to be working on manga. He is known for delicate images reminiscent of suiboku and depiction of fantasy subjects. His most popular work is perhaps with The Twelve Kingdoms franchise. He won the Seiun Award in 1996 in the Best Artist category. He currently lives in Kyoto.

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