Spot Info
Real Name: Jiro Taniguchi
Personal Details
Nationality: Japanese
Mother Tongue: Japanese
Languages Known: Japanese
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Birth Place: Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Born on: August 14, 1947
Died on: February 11, 2017
Hometown: Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Male
- Japanese
Erica Sakurazawa
- Japanese
Kaoru Shintani
Professional Details
Skills: Comic Book Writer
Profession: Comic Book Writer
Physical Details
Eye colour: Black
Hair Colour: Black
Career
Debut Year: 1970
First Break: Bocchan No Jidai
Best Known: Icaro(1997), A Distant Neighborhood(1998-1999), A Journal of My Father(1994)
Awards: Osamu Tezuka Culture Award(*Botchan no Jidai*)-1998
Shogakukanprize(*Inu o Kau*)-2003
Alph'Art of the best scenario(*A Distant Neighborhood*) - Angoulême International Comics Festival
Achievements: Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres-(2011)
