Motoei Shinzawa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Motoei Shinzawa

Manga artist

Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1958

Place of Birth: Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Profession: mangaka

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Motoei Shinzawa (?? ??, Shinzawa Motoei) is a Japanese manga artist born June 10, 1958 in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
His debut manga was Sannen Kimen-gumi, published in Weekly Shonen Jump beginning in 1980.
After Sannen ended in 1982, he began publishing Highschool! Kimen-gumi, also in Weekly Shonen Jump, until 1987.
Highschool was a smash hit, and an animated version was begun in 1985, running for two years on Fuji TV, along with a movie in 1986 and two video games.
His next manga series was I'm Shitataka (???????, Boku wa Shitataka-kun), which ran from 1988 through 1990.
After Shitataka, Shinzawa took a break from publishing manga until 2001, when his current series, Flash! Kimen-gumi began.