Teruhiko Yumura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Japanese mangaka and illustrator
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Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
About Teruhiko Yumura
- Teruhiko Yumura (?? ??, Yumura Teruhiko, born November 1, 1942) is a Japanese illustrator, designer, cartoonist and music critic.
- He is one of the exemplars of the heta-uma illustration aesthetic.
- Born in Hakuzu, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo (currently Nishi-Shinjuku), he signed works under the pen names Terry Johnson (Gonzo), "FLA", "FRAMINA TERRENO GONZO", "TERRINO FLAMINI 'GONZAREZ" and "KURUZURU Terumanta".
- Yumura is known by the nickname "King Terry". Yumura studied at Tama Art University and drew covers for the magazine Garo in the 1970s and 1980s.
- He collaborated with copywriter Shigesato Itoi in short comics such as Penguin Shuffle and Jonetsu Penguin no Gohan.
- He also collaborated with the American magazines Wet and Raw.
- Yumura's comics were influenced by Japanese and American pop culture; his artwork is characterized by crudely done drawings made in a conscious, deliberate manner.
- This style became known as heta-uma (bad but good).
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