Junji Itō

Japan · Writers · Born 1963 · age 63

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Junji Ito is a Japanese horror manga artist. " His other works include The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection, a collection of his many short stories, and Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu, a self-parody about him and his wife living in a house with two cats.

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2025Will Eisner Hall of FameAward2021Eisner Award for Best Writer/ArtistAward2019“In terms of a short story, I'd like a more horrific/bad ending. In terms of longer stories, fans usually get emotionally attached to characters when reading long form.”In their words17 September 2019Interview: Horror Manga Mastermind Junji Ito (September 17, 2019)Read the whole statement

“I think a lot about why people want to read horror or look at horror and what is the value of seeing something scary, why do we want to write something scary?”In their words17 June 2019The Horror of an Uncertain Future: An Interview with Revered Manga-ka Junji Ito (June 17, 2019)Read the whole statement

2018“A lot of modern movies take the approach of shocking the audience with things like jump scares.”In their words29 November 2018Horror Manga Artist Junji Ito Interview: Creepy Stuff Inside His Head (November 29, 2018)Read the whole statement

“I think pen-drawn art has its own charm.”In their words22 March 2018INTERVIEW: THE LEGENDARY JUNJI ITO TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW ANIME COLLECTION AND MORE (MARCH 22, 2018)Read the whole statement

2006“Comics utilize images, angles, and feelings that are hard to create in the real world.”In their wordsMarch 2006A Conversation with Japanese Horror Maestro Junji Ito (March 2006)Read the whole statement

1963Born31 July 1963

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Junji Itō

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In terms of a short story, I'd like a more horrific/bad ending. In terms of longer stories, fans usually get emotionally attached to characters when reading long form.
Sep 17, 2019, Interview: Horror Manga Mastermind Junji Ito (September 17, 2019), Own words
I think a lot about why people want to read horror or look at horror and what is the value of seeing something scary, why do we want to write something scary?
Jun 17, 2019, The Horror of an Uncertain Future: An Interview with Revered Manga-ka Junji Ito (June 17, 2019), Own words
A lot of modern movies take the approach of shocking the audience with things like jump scares.
Nov 29, 2018, Horror Manga Artist Junji Ito Interview: Creepy Stuff Inside His Head (November 29, 2018), Own words

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Awards

Will Eisner Hall of Fame2025

Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist2021

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Spouse: Ayako Ishiguro

About this person

Junji Ito is a Japanese horror manga artist. Some of his most notable works include Tomie, a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town cursed by spirals; and Gyo, a two-volume story in which fish are controlled by a strain of bacteria called "the death stench." His other works include The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection, a collection of his many short stories, and Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu, a self-parody about him and his wife living in a house with two cats.

Country

Japan

In common with Junji

Yōsuke KubozukaAlso in Tomie: Replay (2000)

Maiko KawakamiAlso in Tomie: Unlimited (2011)

Aoi MiyazakiAlso in Tomie: Forbidden Fruit (2002)

Kō ShibasakiAlso in Kakashi (2001)Eiichiro OdaAlso in Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition (2015)

Takashi ShimizuAlso in Tomie: Rebirth (2001)

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