Buronson 3766851 195359952 2008-03-02T17:56:01Z NickPenguin 703140 integrated trivia {{nihongo|'''Buronson'''|武論尊||}} , also known as {{nihongo|'''Sho Fumimura'''|史村 翔|Fumimura Shō}}, is a [[Japan]]ese [[manga]] writer most known by his famous work ''Hokuto no Ken'', known in English as ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''. In 2002, he shared the [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] for general manga for ''Heat'' with [[Ryoichi Ikegami]].<ref name="ShogakukanAward">{{cite web | url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html | title=小学館漫画賞:歴代受賞者 | publisher=Shogakukan | language=Japanese | accessdate=2007-08-19}}</ref> ==Life== Buronson was born as {{nihongo|'''Yoshiyuki Okamura'''|岡村 善行|Okamura Yoshiyuki}} on [[June 16]], [[1947]] in [[Saku, Nagano]]. He graduated from the [[Japanese Air Force Training School]] in 1967 and served as an Air Force radar mechanic. In 1969 he was discharged from the [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|Japanese Navy]] and was soon hired by Hiroshi Motomiya as a manga [[assistant mangaka|assistant]]. He started his manga writing career when he wrote the script of ''[[Pink Punch: Miyabi]]'' in 1972, drawn by Goro Sakai. In 1975 Buronson wrote his first big hit ''[[The Doberman Detective]]'', drawn by Shinji Hiramatsu. The famous ''[[Hokuto no Ken]]'' made its debut as Buronson's greatest hit in 1983, drawn by [[Tetsuo Hara]]. In 1989 his story ''[[Ourou]]'' was released as a manga serialized in ''[[Animal Magazine]]'', drawn by [[Kentarō Miura]], and in 1990 a sequel entitled ''[[Ourou Den]]'' was released by the same manga artist. Okamura also collaborated with the manga artist [[Ryoichi Ikegami]] in many works as ''[[Strain (manga)|Strain]]'', ''[[Odyssey (manga)|Odyssey]]'' and the famous ''[[Sanctuary (manga)|Sanctuary]]''. Among his other major works are ''Phantom Burai'', with art by [[Kaoru Shintani]]. ==Influences== Buronson was mainly influenced by movies such as ''[[Mad Max]]'', and those of [[Bruce Lee]] and [[Sergio Leone]]. The [[pen name]] Buronson is a tribute to the American actor [[Charles Bronson]], whose mustache Buronson imitated.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} ==Works== *Gorō-kun Tōjō (1972, art by Yō Hasebe) *Pink Punch Miyabi (1974, art by Gorō Sakai) *[[Doberman Detective]] (1975, 18 volumes, art by Shinji Hiramatsu) *Phantom Burai (1978 to 1984, art by [[Kaoru Shintani]]) *Ring no Takaō (1979, art by [[Jiro Kuwata]]) *Oh! Takarajika (1981-1983, art by [[Shinji Ono]]) *Wild Way (1982, art by [[Daisuke Inoue]]) *Holdup (1982, art by Hikaru Yuzuki) *Ten made Agare (1982, art by Tatsuo Kanai) *Mad Dog (1983, art by Kei Takazawa) *[[Hokuto no Ken]] (from 1983 to 1988, 27 volumes, art by [[Tetsuo Hara]]) *Chu-high LEMON (1983-1988, art by Tsutomu Shinohara) *Mammoth (1985-1988, art by Takaki Konari) *Dr. Kumahige (1988, art by Takumi Nagayasu) *Shogun (1988-1991, art by Jūzō Tokoro) *Migi-muke Hidari (1989-1991, art by Shinichi Sugimura) *[[Ourou]] (1989, art by [[Kentaro Miura]]) *[[Ourou Den]] (1990,art by [[Kentaro Miura]]) *Maji da yo (1990, art by Hikaru Yuzuki) *[[Japan (Buronson manga)|Japan]] (1992, 1 volume, art by Kentaro Miura) *Mushimushi Korokoro (from 1993 to 1996, 11 volumes, art by Tsuyoshi Adachi) *[[Strain (manga)|Strain]] (from 1997 to 1998, 5 volumes, art by [[Ryoichi Ikegami]]) *[[Human (manga)|Human]] *[[Heat (manga)|Heat]] (from 1999 to 2004, 17 volumes, art by [[Ryoichi Ikegami]]) *[[Sanctuary (manga)|Sanctuary]] (from 1990 to 1995, 12 volumes, art by [[Ryoichi Ikegami]]) *[[Go For Break]] (2000, 3 volumes, art by Tsuyoshi Adachi) *[[Rising Sun (manga)|Rising Sun]] (2002, 3 volumes, art by Tokihiko Matsuura) *[[G -Gokudo Girl-]] (from 2003 to 2004, 5 volumes, art by [[Hidenori Hara]]) *[[Fist of the Blue Sky]] (2001 to present, 17 volumes ''(ongoing)'', art by [[Tetsuo Hara]]) *[[Lord (manga)|Lord]] (2004 to present, 10 volumes ''(ongoing)'', art by [[Ryoichi Ikegami]]) ==References== * [http://uk.geocities.com/books100or_more/comics/g/g_buron.html 単行本をトータルで100冊以上出している漫画家] {{ja icon}} ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Okamura, Yoshiyuki}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Manga artists]] [[Category:Fist of the North Star]] [[Category:Winner of Shogakukan Manga Award]] [[de:Buronson]] [[es:Yoshiyuki Okamura]] [[fr:Buronson]] [[it:Yoshiyuki Okamura]] [[ja:武論尊]] [[pt:Yoshiyuki Okamura]]