Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro

Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro (島袋 光年, Shimabukuro Mitsutoshi^?, born 19 May 1975 in Okinawa, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut in 1996 in Weekly Shōnen Jump and received a Akatsuka Award for best new comic manga writer.^{[citation needed]} He is best known for Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! (世紀末リーダー伝たけし!^?, "A Tale of a Leader in the End of the Century Takeshi!") (1997–2002, 24 volumes), for which he won the 2001 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.^[1] His current series is Toriko (トリコ^?), which began serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2008.

In 2002, he was arrested and convicted of violating child prostitution laws, including paying a 16-year-old girl ¥80,000 to have sex.^[2][3][4][5] As a result of the arrest, Seikimatsu Leader Den Takeshi! was cancelled by Weekly Shōnen Jump.^[6]

Shimabukuro is friends with Eiichiro Oda, author of One Piece.^[7]

References

1. ^ "小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html. Retrieved 5 August 2008. 
2. ^ "Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Arrested". Anime News Network. 7 August 2002. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-08-07/mitsutoshi-shimabukuro-arrested. Retrieved 5 August 2008. 
3. ^ "Mangaka Convicted and Sentenced for Schoolgirl Sex "Romp"". Anime News Network. 1 November 2002. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-11-01/mangaka-convicted-and-sentenced-for-schoolgirl-sex-romp. Retrieved 5 August 2008. 
4. ^ "児童買春で漫画家再逮捕 神奈川県警" (in Japanese). Anti Pornographic and Prostitution Research Group. http://old.app-jp.org/news/2002/08/8-29-3.html. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
5. ^ "漫画家の島袋光年被告に有罪判決 児童買春で横浜地裁" (in Japanese). Anti Pornographic and Prostitution Research Group. http://old.app-jp.org/news/2002/10/10-29-1.html. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
6. ^ "Journalista!: Award-winning manga artist found guilty of child prostitution". The Comics Journal. 29 October 2002. http://archives.tcj.com/journalista/zarch200210D.html#carnal. Retrieved 5 August 2008. 
7. ^ Oda, Eiichiro (2 August 2002) (in Japanese). One Piece Blue: Grand Data File. Shueisha. ISBN 978-4088733586. 

External links

• Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro official website (Japanese)
• Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Profile at the Ultimate Manga Guide

Persondata
Name	Shimabukuro, Mitsutoshi
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death