- Buronson
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Life
Buronson was born as nihongo|Yoshiyuki Okamura|岡村 善行|Okamura Yoshiyuki on
June 16 ,1947 inSaku, Nagano . He graduated from theJapanese Air Force Training School in 1967 and served as an Air Force radar mechanic. In 1969 he was discharged from the Japanese Navy and was soon hired by Hiroshi Motomiya as a manga assistant. He started his manga writing career when he wrote the script of "" in 1972, drawn by Goro Sakai. In 1975 Buronson wrote his first big hit "The Doberman Detective ", drawn by Shinji Hiramatsu. The famous "Hokuto no Ken " made its debut as Buronson's greatest hit in 1983, drawn byTetsuo Hara . In 1989 his story "Ourou " was released as a manga serialized in "Animal Magazine ", drawn byKentarō Miura , and in 1990 a sequel entitled "Ourou Den " was released by the same manga artist. Okamura also collaborated with the manga artistRyoichi Ikegami in many works as "Strain", "Odyssey" and the famous "Sanctuary". Among his other major works are "Phantom Burai", with art byKaoru Shintani .Influences
Buronson was mainly influenced by movies such as "
Mad Max ", and those ofBruce Lee andSergio Leone .The
pen name Buronson is a tribute to the American actorCharles Bronson , whose mustache Buronson imitated.Fact|date=February 2008Works
*Gorō-kun Tōjō (1972, art by Yō Hasebe)
*Pink Punch Miyabi (1974, art by Gorō Sakai)
*Doberman Detective (1975, 18 volumes, art by Shinji Hiramatsu)
*Phantom Burai (1978 to 1984, art byKaoru Shintani )
*Ring no Takaō (1979, art byJiro Kuwata )
*Oh! Takarajika (1981-1983, art byShinji Ono )
*Wild Way (1982, art byDaisuke Inoue )
*Holdup (1982, art by Hikaru Yuzuki)
*Ten made Agare (1982, art by Tatsuo Kanai)
*Mad Dog (1983, art by Kei Takazawa)
*Hokuto no Ken (from 1983 to 1988, 27 volumes, art byTetsuo Hara )
*Chu-high LEMON (1983-1988, art by Tsutomu Shinohara)
*Mammoth (1985-1988, art by Takaki Konari)
*Dr. Kumahige (1988, art by Takumi Nagayasu)
*Shogun (1988-1991, art by Jūzō Tokoro)
*Migi-muke Hidari (1989-1991, art by Shinichi Sugimura)
*Ourou (1989, art byKentaro Miura )
*Ourou Den (1990,art byKentaro Miura )
*Maji da yo (1990, art by Hikaru Yuzuki)
*Japan (1992, 1 volume, art by Kentaro Miura)
*Mushimushi Korokoro (from 1993 to 1996, 11 volumes, art by Tsuyoshi Adachi)
*Strain (from 1997 to 1998, 5 volumes, art byRyoichi Ikegami )
*Human
*Heat (from 1999 to 2004, 17 volumes, art byRyoichi Ikegami )
*Sanctuary (from 1990 to 1995, 12 volumes, art byRyoichi Ikegami )
*Go For Break (2000, 3 volumes, art by Tsuyoshi Adachi)
*Rising Sun (2002, 3 volumes, art by Tokihiko Matsuura)
*G -Gokudo Girl- (from 2003 to 2004, 5 volumes, art byHidenori Hara )
*Fist of the Blue Sky (2001 to present, 17 volumes "(ongoing)", art byTetsuo Hara )
*Lord (2004 to present, 10 volumes "(ongoing)", art byRyoichi Ikegami )References
* [http://uk.geocities.com/books100or_more/comics/g/g_buron.html 単行本をトータルで100冊以上出している漫画家] ja icon
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