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TANIGUCHI Jiro    [Edit]
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Associated Names
Ciro Taniguçi
TANIGUCHI Jiroh
TANIGUCHI Jirou
Танигути Дзиро
谷口治郎

Name (in native language)
谷口ジロー

Birth Place
Tottori Prefecture, Japan

Birth Date
August 14, 1947

Zodiac
Leo

Last Updated
January 26th 2023, 9:35am

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Before his debut he studied as assistant of ISHIKAWA Kyuuta and KAMIMURA Kazuo. He made his manga debut in 1970 with “Kareta Heya”, published in the magazine Young Comic.

From 1976 to 1979, he created several hard-boiled comics with SEKIKAWA Natsuo, such as “City Without Defense”, Nishikaze wa Shiroi and Lindo 3!.
From 1984 to 1991, Taniguchi and Sekikawa produced the trilogy Bocchan no Jidai. In the 1990s, he came up with several titles, Aruku Hito, Chichi no Koyomi, and Keyaki no Ki. In 2001, he created Icare based on texts by
Moebius.

Among other prizes for his work, he won the Osamu Tezuka Culture Award (1998) for the trilogy Bocchan no Jidai, the Shogakukan prize for Inu wo Kau, and in 2003, the Alph'Art of the best scenario at the Angoulême International Comics Festival (France) for Harukana Machi-E.

In France he was knighted a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011.

He passed away on 11 February 2017 aged 69.

Blood Type
N/A

Gender
Male

Genres
Seinen(47)  Drama(39)  Slice of Life(23)  Mature(16)  Mystery(13)  Action(11)  Historical(11)  Supernatural(9)  Adventure(8)  Psychological(5)  Romance(4)  Sports(4)  Sci-fi(3)  Tragedy(3)  Martial Arts(2)  Adult(1)  Comedy(1)  Josei(1)  Shounen(1) 

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Series Title (Click for series info)
Genre
Drama, Sports
2002
Drama, Mature, Seinen, Sports
1982
Seinen, Slice of Life
1990
Action, Drama, Mature, Seinen
1995
Action, Adventure, Historical, Mystery, Seinen, Supernatural
1984
Drama, Historical, Seinen, Slice of Life
1987
Josei
2014
Drama, Historical, Seinen, Slice of Life
1994
Action, Sci-fi, Seinen
1988
Mature, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural
1970
Drama, Seinen, Slice of Life
2014
Action, Mature, Mystery, Seinen, Tragedy
1984
Historical, Seinen, Slice of Life
2010
Drama, Seinen, Slice of Life
2008
Action, Drama, Martial Arts, Mature, Seinen
1989
Action, Historical, Seinen, Slice of Life
1987
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life, Supernatural
2004
Drama, Psychological, Seinen, Slice of Life
1998
Drama, Mature, Sci-fi, Seinen, Supernatural
1997
Drama, Seinen, Slice of Life, Tragedy
1991
Seinen
2009
Drama, Seinen, Slice of Life, Supernatural
2017
Drama, Mature, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural
2005
Drama, Mature, Mystery, Seinen
1979
Adventure, Drama, Seinen
1986
Action, Drama, Mature, Mystery, Seinen
1983
Action, Adult, Drama, Mature, Seinen
1995
Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Seinen, Sports
2000
Psychological, Seinen, Tragedy
1971
Drama, Seinen, Slice of Life
1993
Drama, Seinen, Sports
1983
Seinen, Slice of Life
1994
Drama, Mystery, Shounen, Slice of Life
2017
Drama, Mature, Sci-fi, Seinen, Supernatural
2012
Seinen
1978
Drama, Seinen
1981
Adventure, Drama, Seinen, Slice of Life, Supernatural
2007
Drama, Mystery
1981
Drama, Slice of Life
2009
Drama, Seinen
1984
Seinen
1984
Adventure, Mystery, Seinen
2011
Action, Drama, Mature, Seinen
1991
Seinen, Slice of Life
2003
Seinen, Slice of Life, Supernatural
2014
Drama, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life
2008
Action, Adventure, Drama, Historical, Mature, Seinen
2005
Drama, Mystery, Seinen
1982
Drama, Mystery, Seinen
1999
Action, Drama, Historical, Mature, Seinen
2001
Mature, Mystery, Psychological, Seinen
1970
Drama, Seinen
1999
Comedy, Mature, Romance, Slice of Life
1997
Drama, Historical, Slice of Life
2012
Adventure, Drama, Historical, Seinen
2004
Drama, Historical, Slice of Life
1993
Adventure, Drama, Historical, Martial Arts, Seinen
1992
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