Kazuo Koike
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Kazuo Koike (小池一夫 Koike Kazuo, born May 8, 1936 in Daisen, Akita Prefecture) is a mangaka.
Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made the manga Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub), and Koike was also responsible for that series' film adaptation. Koike and Kojima became known as the "Golden Duo" because of the success of Lone Wolf and Cub.
Koike's other series, Crying Freeman, which he made along with artist Ryoichi Ikegami, was given a Hollywood adaptation.
Kazuo Koike started the Gekika Sonjuku, a college course meant to teach people how to be manga-ka.
[edit] Notable graduates of Koike's Gekika Sonjuku
- Rumiko Takahashi - mangaka: Ranma ½ , InuYasha , Urusei Yatsura , etc
- Akira Sakuma - game designer, freelance writer: momotetsu series
- Hideyuki Kikuchi - horror writer
- Tetsuo Hara - mangaka: Fist of the North Star
- Yuji Horii - game designer, freelance writer: Dragon Quest series
- Keisuke Itagaki - mangaka: Baki the Grappler
- Naoki Yamamoto - mangaka: Dance Till Tomorrow
[edit] Selected works
- Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub), with artist Goseki Kojima, 1970-1976
- Shurayuki-hime (Lady Snowblood), with artist Kazuo Kamimura, 1972-1973
- Kubikiri Asa (Samurai Executioner), with artist Goseki Kojima, 1972-1976
- Hanzo no Mon (Path of the Assassin), with artist Goseki Kojima, 1978-1984
- Mad Bull 34, with artist Noriyoshi Inoue, 1985-1991
- Crying Freeman, with artist Ryoichi Ikegami, 1986-1988
- The script to the 1973 film Lady Snowblood, with artist Kazuo Uemura
- The manga series Hannape Bazooka with Go Nagai.
