Shigeru Mura , best known by his pen name Shigeru Mizuki , was a Japanese manga artist, illustrator and folklorist. He is best known for popularizing and reviving interest in yōkai, supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore, especially through his most famous series GeGeGe no Kitarō.
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!["Kamakura Wakamiya Hachiman Ginkgo Tree Ghost" from Yosa Buson's Buson yōkai emaki[13]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Buson_Bake-icho-no-rei.jpg)
Awards 7
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Ken OgataAlso in Kitaro and the Millennium Curse (2008)
Kie KitanoAlso in Kitaro and the Millennium Curse (2008)
Natsuhiko KyōgokuAlso in Spooky Kitaro: Japan Explodes!! (2008)
Kei TomiyamaAlso in Spooky Kitaro: The Great Yokai War (1986)
Kōzō ShioyaAlso in Spooky Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast (1996)
Yūko MitaAlso in Spooky Kitaro: Crash!! The Great Rising of Demons from Another Dimension (1986)About this person
Country
JapanCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2015 · aged 93
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21 languages
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