Yanwari Kazama (風間やんわり, Kazama Yanwari, June 13, 1977 – October 22, 2013) was a Japanese manga artist.
Yanwari Kazama | |
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Born | birth name not made public[1] June 13, 1977 Itabashi, Tokyo[2] |
Died | October 22, 2013 Tokyo | (aged 36)
Nationality | Japan |
Area(s) | yonkoma |
Notable works | Taberemasen, Pochi kyokudō[3] |
http://www.kazamayanwari.com |
He started drawing the Taberemasen ("not fit for consumption") yonkoma cartoon in 1995 in the Kodansha-published Young Magazine while still in high school, and continued the series until 2013. Besides publishing in Young Magazine, he also published social satire cartoons in the weekly magazine Friday.[4]
He died on October 22, 2013, from liver failure.[5]