Akira Hiramoto

Akira Hiramoto
平本 アキラ
Born1976 (age 47–48)
Okinawa Prefecture
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
AwardsGlyph Comics Awards (2009), Kodansha Manga Award (2013)

Akira Hiramoto (Japanese: 平本 アキラ, Hepburn: Hiramoto Akira, born 1976) is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut with Sono Tomodachi ni Gimon Ari story in 1995 in Weekly Young Magazine. He is best known as the creator of Prison School, which won the General Manga Category award at the 2013 Kodansha Awards,[1] and Me and the Devil Blues, which has won the 2009 Glyph Comics Awards for the Best Reprint Publication.[2]

  1. ^ "Winners at 37th Kodansha Manga Awards". Anime News Network. May 9, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "Me and the Devil Blues Manga Wins Glyph Comic Award". Anime News Network. May 18, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2009.