Masters of Manga

Legend of Koizumi author Hideki Ohwada (his profile can be read here) talks about gambling manga.

Sure you know there are comics about gambling, such as mah-jong, pachinko, shogi, go, chess, poker… Anything goes. Why are they so popular in Japan? How did this genre start? We asked Hideki Ohwada, author of the [...]

Hideki Ohwada is one of the most interesting gag manga specialists in Japan. He jumped to fame with mah-jong political crazy story The Legend of Koizumi. Here, Ohwada draws ex Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi as portrayed in his manga.

Note that normally he draws his manga entirely digitally, but this [...]

Name: 大和田秀樹 Hideki Ohwada
Born: September 19th, 1969, in Ibaragi
Debut: 1998 (29 years old), with Tanoshii Kōshien (Funny Kōshien)
Main works: Tanoshii Kōshien, Keishichō 24-ji, Bucchigiri CA, Kidō Senshi Gundam-san, Mudazumo naki kaikaku (The Legend of Koizumi), Un-P Sensei.

Facts

He made his debut relatively late for a mangaka, at the age of 29.
He specializes in humor stories. [...]