Japanese Name: 工藤かずや

Place of Birth: Ueda, Nagano prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Information for Authors: Born in 1941. One of [KOIKE Kazuo](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=601)’s [Gekiga Sonjuku](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%87%E7%94%BB%E6%9D%91%E5%A1%BE) inaugural students along with [TAKAHASHI Rumiko](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=636), [AKANE Koka](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=22237), [CARIBU Marley](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=1093), [SAKUMA Akira](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=48145), [KIKUCHI Hideyuki](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=1279), [YAMAMOTO Atsuji](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=3069), [KATAOKA Tetsuji](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=25978), [SHIKI Takashi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=53511), [TANAKA Akio](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=218), [SAOTOME Masayuki](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=20270), [MIYAOKA Hiroshi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=11516) and [TAKEDA Masatoshi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=22079). Also wrote a couple stories of [Golgo 13](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=4766).