Aichi Triennale

Morohoshi Daijiro began drawing manga while working as a civil servant, a job he held after graduating from high school. Since debuting as a manga artist in 1970 with work submitted to COM, a magazine launched by Tezuka Osamu, Morohoshi has created works in the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres, depicting the underworld lurking on the other side of everyday life with a unique touch, sometimes with a sense of humor. Drawing on myths, history, legends, folklore, literature, and archeological artifacts from the East and West, he has used his boundless imagination to fuse reality and fantasy to produce a large number of original and creative short and medium-length stories, while also creating long-running feature-length series. Throughout his fifty-plus-year career, he has continued to have an enormous influence not only in the field of manga but also music, animation, and other Japanese popular culture.

Selected awards

2014

Received the 64th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize (Media Arts Division) for Uriko-hime no Yoru, Cinderella no Asa.

2008

Received the Excellence Award in the Manga Division of the 12th Japan Media Arts Festival for Shiori to Shimiko.

2000

Received the Grand Prize of the 4th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for Saiyū Yōenden.

1992

Received the Excellence Prize of the 21st Japan Cartoonists Association Award for Boku to Furio to Kotei de and I Kai Roku.

1974

Nominated for the 7th Tezuka Award for “Seibutsu Toshi.”