Tsutomu Adachi

Infobox Person
name = Tsutomu Adachi あだち 勉
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birth_name =
birth_date = August 1, 1947
birth_place = Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture
death_date = death date and age|2004|06|18|1947|08|1
death_place = Japan
death_cause = stomach cancer
nationality = Japanese
residence = Tokyo, Japan
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occupation = Manga artist
website = nihongo|Tsutomu Adachi|あだち 勉 or 安達 勉|Adachi Tsutomu|August 1, 1947—June 18, 2004 was a mangaka born in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan,ja icon cite web|url=http://www.zakzak.co.jp/gei/2004_07/g2004070302.html|title=「バカあんちゃん」の豪快人生…「タッチ」作者実兄 故安達勉氏、赤塚不二夫氏師事「増刊号の星」とうたわれ|date=2004-07-03|accessdate=2007-01-26|publisher=Zakzak] and the older brother of Mitsuru Adachi. [ja icon cite web|url=http://cozalweb.com/ctv/kazogei/bro-a.html|title=芸能家族大集合！／兄弟・姉妹［あ行］|accessdate=2007-01-26] Tsutomu was an assistant to mangaka Fujio Akatsuka, and was known as one of the "Four Protegés of Akatsuka". According to his younger brother, his definitive works include "Jitsuroku Adachi Mitsuru Monogatari", "Nigun no Hoshi Hanpa-kun" (a gag comic serialized in the educational magazine "Jūichi Course", published by Gakken) and "Tamagawa-kun".

Tsutomu was very influential in creating the way for his younger brother, Mitsuru, to become a manga artist. He also described his younger brother as the "new star of the gag manga world.". He made his manga debut while in his second year of high school. After moving to Tokyo, he won the 1st "Shōnen Jump" Rookie of the Year award in 1968. Mitsuru said that he wouldn't be the person his is today if it weren't for his brother, and that Tsutomu was the one who got him to leave his small hometown in Gunma Prefecture to see the world.

Adachi died of stomach cancer on June 18, 2004.

Works

*"Jitsuroku Adachi Mitsuru Monogatari" (the story of his brother's rise to fame, Shogakukan)
*"Nigun no Hoshi Hanpa-kun" (Gakken)
*"Tamagawa-kun"

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