Hideo Yamamoto

Hideo Yamamoto (山本英夫, Yamamoto Hideo) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Ichi the Killer, which was adapted into a live-action film by Takashi Miike in 2001, and Homunculus.

For the Japanese karateka, see Hideo Yamamoto (karateka).
Hideo Yamamoto
Born (1968-06-23) June 23, 1968
Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapan
OccupationManga artist
Known forIchi the Killer
Homunculus

Recurring themes in his manga are crime, sexual deviations, and the human mind.

Biography

Hideo Yamamoto received the "Tetsuya Chiba Award", given to promising young manga creators in 1988. After resigning from the post of assistant of a popular seinen manga artist, Kenshi Hirokane, he made his professional debut by drawing SHEEP (written by Masahiko Takasho) for Weekly Young Sunday in 1989.

Before creating Homunculus, Hideo Yamamoto actually lived as a homeless person for sometime in order to be able to credibly include the theme of homelessness in his work. Yamamoto is also interested in martial arts.

Works
  • Sheep, 1989
  • Okama Hakusho, 1989–1991
  • Voyeur (Nozokiya), 1992
  • Enjokousai Bokumetsu Undou (illustrated by Koshiba Tetsuya)
  • Voyeurs, Inc. (Shin Nozokiya), 1993–1997
  • Ichi the Killer, 1998–2001[1]
  • Homunculus, 2003–2011[1]
  • Yume Onna, 2013 (illustrated by Hiroya Oku)
  • Hikari-Man, 2014–present
  • Adam to Eve, 2015–2016 (illustrated by Ikegami Ryoichi)
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References
  1. Lin, Maria (May 2005). "Dark Plots in Manga Land". animefringe. animefringe. 6 (5). ISSN 1705-3692. Retrieved February 26, 2011. If it's serial killers and unconscious monsters that you want, the following dark manga will leave your head in a satisfying knot.
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