Tetsuya Saruwatari

Tetsuya Saruwatari
Born	June 25, 1958 Ōmuta, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Manga artist

Tetsuya Saruwatari (猿渡哲也 Saruwatari Tetsuya, born June 25, 1958) is a Japanese manga artist.^[1]

He was born in Ōmuta, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. After dropping out of high school, he worked as assistant of Hiramatsu Shinji and Motomiya Hiroshi. He made the debut as solo manga artist with 海の戦士(Umi No Senshi) on Weekly Shōnen Jump. Saruwatari's longest running manga is the action comic Tough which has been serialized in Young Jump over a decade. Saruwatari also created Riki-Oh, a cult manga sensation featuring graphic martial arts fighting, which was adapted in a Hong Kong live-action film and Japanese OVA.

Works

• Riki-Oh (12 volumes)
• The Hard (17 volumes)
• Dog Soldier (12 volumes)
• BAD POLICE (1 volume)
• DAN-GAN (5 volumes)
• Ogon Taikaki (1 volume)
• Jungle King (1 volume)
• Damned (3 volumes)
• SOUL (4 volumes)
• Tsuukai Abare Bun-ya (1 volume)
• Abare Bun-ya (13 volumes)
• Tough (42 volumes)
  • Tough 2nd (39 Volumes) Tough (manga)
  • Oton (2 Volumes) Tough (manga)
• Gokusai (4 Volumes)
• Dokuro (4 Volumes)
• Ogyoujin Oniwakamaru (4 Volumes)
• Kizudarake no Ninsei (? Volume)

References

1. "Media Blasters Plans Live-Action Manga-Based Riki-Oh BD". Anime News Network. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.

External links

• Tetsuya Saruwatari manga at Media Arts Database (Japanese)