Kendi Oiwa

Kendi Oiwa or Kenzi Oiwa ( Japanese 大 岩 ケ ン ヂ , Ōiwa Kenji ; * 1978 in Gunma Prefecture , Japan ) is a Japanese manga artist .

Life

His editor found him drenched on the street near Ochanomizu and bought him a coffee. He then worked for the Kadokawa-Shoten publishing house. His debut work was the promotional manga Step and Step for the game Tokimeki Memorial 3 in the manga magazine Shōnen Ace 3/2002, for which Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and CLAMP also worked. In 2003, Goth was his first ongoing series. Goth , which is about a young outsider who is fascinated by the hand of a classmate, is a version of the bestselling novel of the same name by Otsuichi and was also published in German translation by Egmont Manga and Anime in June 2004 . From 2004 to June 2007 Oiwa worked on NHK ni Yōkoso! based on a series of novels by Tatsuhiko Takimoto and was very successful in Japan. The manga about a Hikikomori was implemented as an anime series by the animation studio GONZO .

The draftsman has been married to Mangaka SAA since 2004.

Work (selection)

• Goth , 2003, 1 volume
• Welcome to the NHK ( NHK に よ う こ そ! , NHK ni Yōkoso! ), 2004–2007, 8 volumes, text: Tatsuhiko Takimoto
• 99 Happy Soul (99（ツ ク モ）ハ ッ ピ ー ソ ウ ル , Tsukumo Happī Souru ), 2005, 1 volume
• Mahiru no Yōjimbō ( マ ヒ ル の 用心 棒 ), 2006–2008, 2 volumes
• Yume Watari Pulcinella ( 夢 渡 り プ ル チ ネ ッ ラ , Yume Watari Puruchinerra ), 2008, 2 volumes
• Midas Eater ( マ ー ダ ス † イ ー タ ー , Mādasu Ītā ), 2010–2011, 2 volumes
• Sugar Dark: Umerareta Yami to Shōjo ( シ ュ ガ ー ダ ー ク 埋 め ら れ た 闇 と 少女 , Shugā Dāku: Umerareta Yami to Shōjo ), 2011–2012, 4 volumes
• Arata naru Sekai: Kakohen ( ア ラ タ な る セ カ イ 過去 編 ), 2012, 1 volume
• Assassin's Creed : Awakening (ア サ シ ン ク リ ー ド 4 ブ ラ ッ ク フ ラ ッ グ 覚 醒 , Asashin Kurīdo 4: Burakku Furaggu: Kakusei ), 2014, so far 2 volumes, text: Takashi Yano
• Urami Sōgo Kankei ( つ ら み 相互 感 系 ), 2014, 1 volume

Web links

• Short biography on the homepage of Egmont Manga and Anime ( Memento from November 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Oiwas publications with Kadokawa Shoten (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ × ネ ガ テ ィ ブ キ ャ ン ペ ー ン 実 施 中! ! × . (No longer available online.) Kadokawa Shoten, archived from the original on March 23, 2010 ; Retrieved March 4, 2010 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.