Kurosagi (manga)

Kurosagi
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Koshiro Kurosaki
クロサギ
Genre	Thriller[1]
Manga
Written by	Takeshi Natsuhara [ja]
Illustrated by	Kuromaru [ja]
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Weekly Young Sunday (2003–2008) Weekly Big Comic Spirits (2008–2013, 2022)
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	November 13, 2003 – November 7, 2022
Volumes	43
Series titles
Kurosagi (2003–2008, 20 volumes) Shin Kurosagi (2008–2012, 18 volumes) Shin Kurosagi: Kanketsu-hen (2012–2013, 4 volumes) Kurosagi Sakidō: 18-sai Shinseijin Sagi Hanzan-hen (2022, 1 volume)
Television drama
Directed by	Yasuharu Ishii Shunichi Hirano Atsushi Takei
Written by	Eriko Shinozaki [ja]
Music by	Kosuke Yamashita
Original network	TBS
Original run	April 14, 2006 – June 23, 2006
Episodes	11
Live-action film
Kurosagi (2008)
Television drama
Directed by	Kenta Tanaka Yasuharu Ishii Shunichi Hirano
Written by	Eriko Shinozaki
Music by	Hideakira Kimura [ja]
Original network	TBS
Original run	October 21, 2022 – December 23, 2022
Episodes	10

Kurosagi (クロサギ, lit. "The Black Swindler") is a Japanese manga series written by Takeshi Natsuhara [ja] and illustrated by Kuromaru [ja]. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Sunday from November 2003 to July 2008, with its chapters collected in 20 tankōbon volumes. It was followed by Shin Kurosagi (2008–2012), Shin Kurosagi: Kanketsu-hen (2012–2013), and Kurosagi Sakidō: 18-sai Shinseijin Sagi Hanzan-hen (2022); the three were serialized in Weekly Big Comic Spirits. The series follows Koshiro Kurosaki, a boy who swindles only other professional swindlers known as shirosagi.

A 11-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on TBS from April to June 2006. It was followed by a live-action film adaptation premiered in March 2008. A second 10-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on TBS from October to December 2022.

By September 2022, the manga had over 8.5 million copies in circulation. In 2008, Kurosagi won the 53rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category.