Takao Saito

Takao Saito

nihongo|Takao Saitō|斎藤隆夫, さいとう・たかを|Saitō Takao|born November 3, 1936 is a Japanese manga artist. He is best-known for creating the very successful series "Golgo 13". He is married to fellow artist nihongo|Setsuko Yamada|セツコ・山田.

Life

Takao Saito was born on November 3, 1936 in Osaka as the son of a barber. During his school days in Osaka he was the best in his class in drawing and fighting, and also considered becoming a boxer. After graduation from Junior High School in Osaka, he decided to become a manga artist, influenced by movies like "King Kong" and "War of the Worlds".

He debuted with his first manga "Baron Air" (空気男爵) in 1955. In 1958 he moved to Tokyo, where he started a "comic story atelier" (劇画工房) together with 7 other artists (Masahiko Matsumoto, Aki Masa Sato, Fumi Ishikawa Yasu, Masaru Sakurai, Susumu Mon, Tsu Motomi, Qi Mahi). Since April 1960, he has run Saito Production, a company with currently 19 employees. In 1971 he also started to give courses in drawing manga.

In 1976, he won the 21th Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga for "Golgo 13".cite web | url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html | title=小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 | publisher=Shogakukan | language=Japanese | accessdate=2007-08-19]

elected works

* "Golgo 13"
* "Kage Gari"
* "Survivor"
* "Barom One"
* 4-issue James Bond manga published in 1964

References

External links

* [http://www.saito-pro.co.jp/index.htm Saito Pro] ja icon - Official website
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* [http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au1576.html Profile] at The Ultimate Manga Guide
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