Takashi Hashiguchi

Takashi Hashiguchi
Born (1967-06-02) June 2, 1967 (age 57)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationManga artist

Takashi Hashiguchi (橋口 たかし, Hashiguchi Takashi, born June 2, 1967 in Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his manga series Yakitate!! Japan, for which he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 2004.[1] Hashiguchi won a newcomer's award in 1987 (published in a magazine),[citation needed] and Combat Teacher debuted the following year in the same magazine.

A prevailing theme seen throughout his manga is the realization of childhood dreams, such as making bread in Yakitate!! Japan or becoming a yo-yo master in Super Yo-Yo. Hashiguchi mainly focuses on unusual occupations or sports.

He enjoys comedy as well, and took a brief interlude from drawing to try his luck as a comedian.

  1. ^ 小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2005-04-24. Retrieved 2007-08-19.