Kokou no Hito

Kokou no Hito (Japanese: 孤高の人, lit. "Solitary Person") or The Climber is a Japanese manga series written by Shinichi Sakamoto and Yoshirō Nabeda and illustrated by Sakamoto, based on a novel by Jirō Nitta. It was originally serialized in Weekly Young Jump from 2007 to 2012, with the 170 chapters later published into 17 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. It tells the story of introvert solo mountain climber Mori Buntarō—partially based on real-life mountain climber Buntarō Katō—who is introduced to sport climbing after being transferred to a new high school and later dedicates his entire life to professional mountain climbing, keeping the ascent of K2's East Face as his goal. The manga won an Excellence Prize in the manga division at the 2010 Japan Media Arts Festival.[1] It also won Best Seinen Manga at the 2011 Prix Mangawa Awards.[2]

Kokou no Hito
The cover of the first volume of Kokou no Hito
孤高の人
Manga
Written by	Shinichi Sakamoto Yoshirō Nabeda
Illustrated by	Shinichi Sakamoto
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2007 – 2012
Volumes	17

Volumes

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	April 18, 2008[3]	978-4-08-877426-8
2	July 18, 2008[4]	978-4-08-877475-6
3	September 19, 2008[5]	978-4-08-877522-7
4	November 19, 2008[6]	978-4-08-877549-4
5	February 19, 2009[7]	978-4-08-877593-7
6	May 19, 2009[8]	978-4-08-877642-2
7	August 19, 2009[9]	978-4-08-877696-5
8	November 19, 2009[10]	978-4-08-877753-5
9	February 19, 2010[11]	978-4-08-877807-5
10	March 19, 2010[12]	978-4-08-877835-8
11	June 18, 2010[13]	978-4-08-877880-8
12	September 17, 2010[14]	978-4-08-879030-5
13	December 17, 2010[15]	978-4-08-879077-0
14	February 18, 2011[16]	978-4-08-879120-3
15	May 19, 2011[17]	978-4-08-879145-6
16	August 19, 2011[18]	978-4-08-879187-6
17	November 19, 2011[19]	978-4-08-879236-1

References

1. "List of Award-Winning Works". Japan Media Arts Plaza. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
2. "Vainqueurs du prix Mangawa 2011". Manga-News (in French). Retrieved 7 April 2016.
3. 孤高の人　1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
4. 孤高の人　2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
5. 孤高の人　3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
6. 孤高の人　4 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
7. 孤高の人　5 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
8. 孤高の人　6 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
9. 孤高の人　7 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
10. 孤高の人　8 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
11. 孤高の人　9 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
12. 孤高の人　10 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
13. 孤高の人　11 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
14. 孤高の人　12 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
15. 孤高の人　13 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
16. 孤高の人　14 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
17. 孤高の人　15 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
18. 孤高の人　16 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
19. 孤高の人　17 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

External links

• Kokou no Hito (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia