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Mangaka
KOBAYASHI Makoto    [Edit]
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Associated Names
小林誠

Name (in native language)
小林まこと

Birth Place
Niigata, Japan

Birth Date
May 13, 1958

Zodiac
Taurus

Last Updated
April 18th 2023, 6:12pm

Comments
There was a time when he needed 8 days to complete 1 chapter of 1 2 no Sanshirou every week, and infamous for being the 2nd most late mangaka to meet the deadline behind EGUCHI Hisashi.

ONO Shinji & OWADA Natsuki were his close friends. Their friendship was depicted in Seishun Shounen Magazine 1978-1983.
He also friends with HATTORI Kazumi, SHIMOSAKA Tamotsu, KUSUNOKI Michiharu, KIUCHI Kazuhiro, KAWA Sanbanchi, MOROGA Taku, MOTOHASHI Masahide & YANAGISAWA Kimio.

Was an assistant to MOCHIZUKI Mikiya on Shounen King’s Wild 7 for two months.

SHIGENO Shuichi, KOSHIBA Tetsuya, KIYAMA Michiaki, TAKAHASHI Kazuo, HANEDA Ibuki & SHIBATA Yokusaru were his assistants.

Once mistook a yakuza on the street as Buronson.

Achievements:

-Winner of the 20th Weekly Shonen Magazine Newcomer Manga Award in 1978.
-1 2 no Sanshirou won the 5th Kodansha Manga Award for shounen category in 1981.
-What's Michael? won the 10th Kodansha Manga Award for general category in 1986.

Not to be confused with KOBAYASHI Makoto the mecha illustrator.

Blood Type
O

Gender
Male

Genres
Comedy(9)  Seinen(8)  Shounen(6)  Slice of Life(5)  Martial Arts(4)  Sports(4)  Action(2)  Ecchi(2)  Romance(2)  School Life(2)  Adult(1)  Drama(1)  Fantasy(1)  Historical(1)  Supernatural(1) 

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Series Title (Click for series info)
Genre
Comedy, Ecchi, Martial Arts, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Sports
1978
Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Martial Arts, Seinen, Sports
1994
Adult, Comedy, Fantasy, Seinen
1998
Historical, Seinen
2009
Comedy, Shounen, Supernatural
1994
Comedy, Seinen, Slice of Life
1992
Comedy, Romance, Shounen
1984
Seinen
2011
Martial Arts, School Life, Seinen, Slice of Life, Sports
2016
Action, Martial Arts, Shounen, Slice of Life, Sports
1985
Seinen
2003
Comedy, Drama, Shounen, Slice of Life
2008
1980
Comedy, Shounen
1981
Comedy, Seinen, Slice of Life
1984
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