Minoru Furuya, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Minoru Furuya

Japanese manga artist

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1972

Place of Birth: Urawa, Kantō region, Japan

Profession: mangaka

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Minoru Furuya (?? ?, Furuya Minoru, born March 28, 1972) is a Japanese manga artist from Saitama Prefecture.
His debut work was Ike! Inachu takkyu-bu, known in English as Ping-Pong Club, published in Young Magazine.
It was adopted into a 26 episode anime in 1995.
In 1996, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for Ping-Pong Club.Two of his series have been adapted to the big screen, namely Himizu in 2011, and Himeanoru in 2016.