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Kazuo Umezu

楳図かずお
alternative words: Umezu Kazuo, Umezu
keywords: author , manga
related topics: Rental book , Shonen Sunday , Drifting School
related web sites: http://www.kanazawa-bidai.ac.jp/~hangyo/hobby/ , http://www15.freeweb.ne.jp/play/jikuta/ , http://www.jah.ne.jp/~oshi/hyokyo/index.shtml
explanation: Born on September 3, 1936 in Wakayama, he has become the best author of horror manga. A legend says he wrote the portrait of a visiting person when he was alone to let understand his parents at the age of 3. After written a great number of horror manga for rental books, he has passed to manga magazines: "Snake girl" (Hebi shojo) in 1966 for Shojo Friend, "Drifting school" (Hyoryu Kyoshitsu) in 1972-1974, Watashi wa Shingo in 1982-1986 for Shonen Sunday.


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