Tsutomu Adachi

Tsutomu Adachi (Japaneseあだち 勉, actually :安达 勉, Adachi Tsutomu; born August 1, 1947 in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, † 18 June 2004) was a Japanese manga artist.

His first comic as a professional artist, he published when he was in high school in the second year. He won a 1968 Young Investigator Award of the magazine Shōnen Jump. Adachi moved to Tokyo and worked as an assistant of the mangaka Fujio Akatsuka. He was one of the assistants, who called Akatsuka his " four best students ."

He had a decisive influence on his younger brother Mitsuru, which was extremely successful. He helped him to publish his first comics.

In his career, Adachi created comics like Tamagawa -kun (タマガワ 君) and Abare! Hanpen futo Sanjō (あばれ!半 平 太 参 上) for manga magazines such as Shōnen Sunday, but was strong in his brother's shadow. With nigun no Hoshi Hanpa -kun (二 軍 の 星 ハンパ 君) he published in education journals Juichi Course. With Adachi Mitsuru Jitsuroku Monogatari (実録 あだち充 物語) he created for Shōnen Big Comic a manga about the career of his brother. This was also published anthology in August 1984 by Shogakukan Publishing.

Adachi died in 2004 at the age of 56 years from stomach cancer.