# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masakazu-katsura
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:28:33.669Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masakazu-katsura"
name: "Masakazu Katsura"
slug: "masakazu-katsura"
description: "Masakazu Katsura  is a Japanese manga artist, known for hero and romance series. His works include Wing-Man (1983–1985), Video Girl Ai (1989–1992), I\"s (1997–1999), and Zetman (2002–2014). He has also worked as a character designer for Iria: Zeiram the Animation, Tiger & Bunny and Garo: Crimson Moon, as well as the video game Astral Chain."
tagline: "Japanese Manga artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Masakazu_Katsura_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2014.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1962-12-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.15972266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://k2r.main.jp/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MasakazuKatsura"
    handle:    "MasakazuKatsura"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441559/"
    handle:    "nm0441559"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "ماساكازو كاتسورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "ماساكازو كاتسورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masakazu_Katsura"
    title: "Masakazu Katsura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masakazu_Katsura"
    title: "Masakazu Katsura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masakazu_Katsura"
    title: "Masakazu Katsura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masakazu_Katsura"
    title: "Masakazu Katsura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacura_Maszakazu"
    title: "Kacura Maszakazu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masakazu_Katsura"
    title: "Masakazu Katsura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masakazu_Katsura"
    title: "Masakazu Katsura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%82%E6%AD%A3%E5%92%8C"
    title: "桂正和"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%EC%B8%A0%EB%9D%BC_%EB%A7%88%EC%82%AC%EC%B9%B4%EC%A6%88"
    title: "카츠라 마사카즈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masakazu_Katsura"
    title: "Masakazu Katsura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masakazu_Katsura"
    title: "Masakazu Katsura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masakazu_Katsura"
    title: "Masakazu Katsura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%83"
    title: "Кацура, Масакадзу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B8_%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B6%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0"
    title: "มาซากาซุ คัตสึระ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsura_Masakazu"
    title: "Katsura Masakazu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katura_Masakazu"
    title: "Katura Masakazu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%82%E6%AD%A3%E5%92%8C"
    title: "桂正和"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%82%E6%AD%A3%E5%92%8C"
    title: "桂正和"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Masakazu_Katsura"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/79b27a46-9938-4d6e-8840-89e47e36f102"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q452246"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/151174"
    title: "Masakazu Katsura"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump