Hisashi Sekiya
関谷ひさし, 関谷久
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Birth:Jan 14, 1928
Death:Feb 25, 2008
Age:80
Gender:Male
Hometown:Kitakyuushuu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Sekiya started drawing manga while in high school. After graduation he joined the newspaper publisher Shin Kitakyushu Shinbunsha and worked for their comics department.
He became popular with sports and comedy manga from the late 50s onwards and received the 9th Shogakukan manga award for Stop Niichan and Fightsensei.
Sekiya died on February the 25th 2008.
In 2012 the newly opened Kitakyushu Manga Museum dedicated a corner to him reconstructing his workplace. Alongside they exhibit over 10.000 manuscript pages of his.
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