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Hideo Yamamoto (山本英夫, Yamamoto Hideo) is a Japanese manga artist best known for the manga series Ichi the Killer (which was adapted into a live-action film in 2001) and the series, Homunculus.

Recurring themes in his manga are crime, sexual deviations, and the human mind.

Biography[]

Hideo Yamamoto received the "Tetsuya Chiba Award", given to promising young manga creators in 1988. After resigning from the post of assistant of a popular seinen manga artist, Kenshi Hirokane, he made his professional debut by drawing "SHEEP" (written by Masahiko Takasho) for Weekly Young Sunday in 1989.

Before creating Homunculus, Hideo Yamamoto actually lived as a homeless person for sometime in order to be able to credibly include the theme of homelessness in his work. Yamamoto is also interested in martial arts.

Notable Works[]

• SHEEP (1989)
• Okama Hakusho (Transvestite Report, 1989–1991) - made into an OVA in 1991.
• Nozokiya (Voyeur, 1992)
• 1 (Ichi) (1993)
• Enjou Kousai Bokumetsu Undou (Compensated Dating Eradication Movement, drawn by Koshiba Tetsuya)
• Shin
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  Hideo YAMAMOTO (Manga Artist)

  Ichi the Killer, Remote Manga Creators' Enboku Manga Gets New Live-Action Film(Jun 19, 2020)

  Hikari-Man Manga Ends Serialization in Next Chapter (Updated)(Jun 7, 2020)

  Hikari-Man Manga Takes Hiatus Until March(Feb 2, 2020)

  Hikari-Man Manga Resumes on August 26(Jul 29, 2019)

  Hikari-Man Manga Goes on Hiatus Until Summer(May 7, 2019)

  Ichi the Killer's Yamamoto Resumes Hikari-Man Manga After 2 Year Hiatus(May 28, 2018)

  Crying Freeman's Ikegami, Ichi the Kiler's Yamamoto to Start Adam & Eve Manga(Oct 4, 2015)

  Ichi the Killer's Yamamoto Launches Hikari-Man Manga(Dec 8, 2014)

  Gantz's Hiroya Oku Outline New Inu Yashiki Manga Series(Dec 7, 2013)

  Gantz's Hiroya Oku to Start New Manga Series in January(Nov 30, 2013)

  Hideo Yamamoto Ends Homunculus Horror Manga Next Week(Feb 14, 2011)

  Japanese Comic Ranking, August 31-September 6(Sep 9, 2009)

  Hideo Yamamoto's Homunculus Manga Returns from 1-Year Break(Jul 13, 2009)

  Shogakukan Considers Ending Weekly Young Sunday Mag(May 20, 2008)

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  Hideo Yamamoto

  Japanese manga artist

  For another person, see Hideo Yamamoto (karateka).Not to be confused with Hideyo Amamoto.

  Hideo Yamamoto (山本英夫, Yamamoto Hideo) is a Japanesemanga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Ichi the Killer, which was adapted into a live-action film by Takashi Miike in 2001, and Homunculus.

  Recurring themes in his manga are crime, sexual deviations, and the human mind.

  Biography

  Hideo Yamamoto received the "Tetsuya Chiba Award", given to promising young manga creators in 1988. After resigning from the post of assistant of a popular seinen manga artist, Kenshi Hirokane, he made his professional debut by drawing SHEEP (written by Masahiko Takasho) for Weekly Young Sunday in 1989.

  Works

  • Sheep, 1989
  • Okama Report, 1989–1991
  • Voyeur (Nozokiya), 1992
  • Another One Bites The Dust (illustrated by Koshiba Tetsuya)
  • Voyeurs, Inc. (Shin Nozokiya), 1993–1997
  • Ichi the Killer, 1998–2001^[1]
  • Homunculus, 2003–2011^[1]
  • Yume Onna, 2013 (illustrated by Hiroya Oku)
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