Naoki Yamamoto (manga artist)

Japanese manga artist

Naoki Yamamoto (山本直樹, Yamamoto Naoki) is a Japanese manga artist. In his early years, he also used pen names Tō Moriyama (森山塔, Moriyama Tō) and Mori Tōyama (塔山森, Tōyama Mori) for his earlier adult-oriented works.^[1] He was born in Matsumae District, Fukushima, Hokkaido and graduated from Waseda University's Department of Literature.

Bibliography

(Manga works as Tou Moriyama not listed)

(1984) Hora Konna ni Akaku Natteru
(1986) Makasensasei!
(1986) Happa 64 (はっぱ64)
(1987) Kiwamete Kamoshida
(1988) Gomen ne B-Boy
(1989) Asatte Dance (あさってDance); English translation: Dance till Tomorrow (1999)
(1990) Blue
(1992) Bokura wa minna ikite iru
(1992) Young & Fine
(1992) Flakes (フレイクス)
(1993) Yume de aimashou
(1993) Kamoshida-kun Fight!
(1994) Kimi to itsu made mo
(1994) Koke Dish
(1994) Summer Memories

(1994) Arigatō (ありがとう, lit. "Thank You") is a four volume manga by Yamamoto appearing in Weekly Big Comic Spirits and published by Shogakukan. It was adapted into a live-action film directed by Masaaki Odagiri in 1996.^[2] Arigatō is a story about how a Japanese family's life goes wrong.^[3]
(1997) Fragments
(1999) Believers (ビリーバーズ)
(2000) Terebi Bakari Miteruto Baka ni Naru (テレビばかり見てると馬鹿になる, Watching Fuckin' TV All Time Makes a Fool)
(2002) Anju no Chi
(2005) Aozora
(2007) Red, won the Japanese government's Japan Media Arts Festival manga award for 2010

Contributed works

Angelium (OVA): Color Checking
Dark (OVA): Finishing Supervision
Hooligan (OVA) : Finishing
Sousei no Aquarion (TV) : Digital Paint (ep 6)

Under the name Tō Moriyama

Cream Lemon (くりいむレモン) (OVA)
- "Tō Moriyama Special I: Five Hour Venus"
- "Tō Moriyama Special II: Afterschool XXX"
- "Tō Moriyama Best Hit: It May Be So"
Body Jack Tanoshii Yūtai Ridatsu (ボディジャック楽しい幽体離脱) (OVA)

References

^ [1] ^{[dead link]}
^ "フジテレビ(禁)MOVIES ありがとう [VHS]" [Fuji TV (prohibited) Movies - Arigato [VHS]]. Amazon Japan (in Japanese). 7 November 1996. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
^ Minamida, Katsuya; Tsuji, Izumi (2012). Pop Culture and the Everyday in Japan: Sociological Perspectives. Apollo Books. p. 226. ISBN 978-1-920901-45-5.