Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro

January 4, 2024
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Quick Facts

Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
Full Name Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
Occupation Cartoonist
Date Of Birth May 19, 1975(1975-05-19)
Age 49
Birthplace Naha
Country Japan
Birth City Okinawa Prefecture
Horoscope Taurus

Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Biography

Name Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
Birthday May 19
Birth Year 1975
Place Of Birth Naha
Home Town Okinawa Prefecture
Birth Country Japan
Birth Sign Taurus

Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro is one of the most popular and richest Cartoonist who was born on May 19, 1975 in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. He is best known for his Seikimatsu Leader die Takeshi and Toriko manga series. He was also the recipient of both Akatsuka Manga Awards and Shogakukan Manga Award. A Japanese anime television series was inspired by his famous Toriko cartoons.

He created the 2011 crossover manga, Taste of the Devil Fruit, with Eiichiro O as his friend.

Shimabukuro made his debut in 1996, in Weekly Shōnen Jump. He received an Akatsuka Award for best new comic manga writer on his gag manga, Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! (1997–2002), for which he also won the 2001 Shogakukan Manga Award for children’s manga.

In 2002, he was arrested and convicted of violating child prostitution laws, including paying a 16-year-old girl ¥80,000 to have sex. As a result of the arrest, Seikimatsu Leader Den Takeshi! was cancelled by Weekly Shōnen Jump. Shimabukuro was sentenced to two years in prison, however the sentence was suspended.

He was born in Naha (the capital city of the Okinawa Prefecture) and raised there.

Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Cartoonist
House Living in own house.

Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro is one of the richest Cartoonist from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi was his first published work. It was published in 1996 by Weekly Shonen Jump, a Japanese manga publication.

He wrote a manga about sports in the 2000s called Ring.

Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro (島袋 光年 , Shimabukuro Mitsutoshi, born May 19, 1975 in Naha, Okinawa) is a Japanese manga artist. He first gained success with his series Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! (1997–2002), but is better known for Toriko which was serialized between 2008 and 2016. He ranked 14th on Nikkei Entertainment’s list of the most successful manga artists between 2010 and 2011.

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Mitsutoshi Ranked on the list of most popular Cartoonist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro celebrates birthday on May 19 of every year.

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