YÅichi Takahashi
Yōichi Takahashi (Japanese高桥 阳 一Takahashi Yōichi; born July 28, 1960 in the prefecture of Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist.
Biography
After graduating from high school Takahashi worked as an assistant for manga artist Shinji Hiramatsu and Takeshi Miya. His first work as a professional artist Takahashi published in 1980 with the short story Captain Tsubasa in Shōnen Jump, the best-selling manga magazine. The short soccer manga came on so well that one goal for him in 1981 to a series. By 1988 Captain Tsubasa appeared in Shōnen Jump. The more than 6,500 -page manga was a great commercial success, was implemented as a 128- episode anime television series and exported to several countries.
It was followed by some other manga for Shonen Jump, but could not come close to the success of Captain Tsubasa by far; to these mangas include the baseball manga Ace! (1990-1991) and the box - Chibi Manga (1992-1993).
Since 1994, Takahashi draws at sequels of Captain Tsubasa, to 1997 for Shōnen Jump, then for Young Jump. Young Jump is aimed at an older audience than the designed for elementary and middle school students Shōnen Jump, to young men. This is reflected in the content of the Captain Tsubasa sequels, in which the main character is now grown up and in professional football clubs in the world celebrates successes. The book releases on Captain Tsubasa and its sequels, for which there also are several anime conversions, sold in Japan more than 70 million times.
From 2002 to 2004, the author created with Hungry Heart: Wild Striker another soccer manga. This appeared, for the first time in Takahashi's career, not in Shōnen Jump, or in one of its sister magazines ( in Shueisha ), but in Shōnen Champion magazine ( Akita Shoten in ). Hungry Heart: Wild Striker was filmed as an anime.
Works
- Captain Tsubasa (キャプテン 翼), 1981-1987
- Shō no Densetsu (翔 の 伝説), 1988-1989
- Ace! (エース! ), 1990-1991
- Chibi (チビ), 1992-1993
- Captain Tsubasa: World Youth Hen (キャプテン 翼 ワールド ユース 編), 1994-1997
- Captain Tsubasa - Road to 2002 (キャプテン 翼- ROAD TO 2002 -), 2001-2004
- Hungry Heart: Wild Striker (ハング リー ハートWILD STRIKER ), 2002-2004
- Captain Tsubasa - Golden 23 (キャプテン 翼GOLDEN - 23 - ), since 2005