Taku Kitazaki

Taku Kitazaki (北崎拓 Kitazaki Taku, born July 27, 1966 in Hyougo, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. His major works include Angel Cop, which was made into an anime series,^[1] and Tatoeba Konna Love Song. One of his former assistants was Masahito Soda who later created Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M.^[2] In 2006, his manga Cupid No Itazura Nijidama was made into a TV drama.^[3] He also did some work to support an Ultraman dojinshi as well as artwork for Nana to Kaoru: Black Label.^[4]

Works

• Sorairo Miina (空色みーな)
• Angel Cop (エンジェルコップ)^[5][1]
• Tatoeba Konna Love Song (たとえばこんなラブソング)
• Hero Shigan (ヒーロー志願)
• Fu·ta·ri (ふ・た・り)
• Boukyou Senshi (望郷戦士)
• Masurao ~Yoshitsune Ki~ (ますらお 〜秘本義経記〜)
• Nagisa Me Kounin (なぎさMe公認)
• Time Skip Mao-chan (タイムスキップ 真央ちゃん)
• Nante Tantei Idol (なんてっ探偵♥アイドル)
• Kupido no Itazura Nijidama (クピドの悪戯 虹玉)^[6]
• Sakuranbo Syndrome: Kupido no Itazura II (さくらんぼシンドローム クピドの悪戯II)
• Ore X Yome: Kupido no Itazura (オレ×ヨメ 〜クピドの悪戯〜)
• Kono S o, Miyo!: Kupido no Itazura (このSを、見よ! クピドの悪戯)

Contributions to:

• Ultraman Begins 2011 Aratana Tatakai no Hajimari dojinshi – illustrations^[5]
• Nana to Kaoru: Black Label 4-panel – Bonus art^[4][7]

References

1. "The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition". google.com. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
2. "Comics Natalie Mobile Soda Masahito". Comics Natalie. January 13, 2010.
3. "Nijidama Drama". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
4. "Nana to Kaoru Manga Gets 4-Panel Spinoff". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
5. "Monthly Hero's Manga Mag to Launch with Ultraman". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
6. "Nijidama Drama". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
7. "Nana to Kaoru Manga Gets 2nd Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

External links

• Taku Kitazaki's blog (2007-) (Japanese)
• Taku Kitazaki's earlier blog (Japanese)
• Young Sunday's profile of Taku Kitazaki (Japanese)
• Taku Kitazaki manga at Media Arts Database (Japanese)