Hirohisa Tsuruta
Description
Hirohisa Tsuruta, born in 1964 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, is a manga artist and original creator known for his contributions to the action and martial arts genres in both manga and anime. After graduating from the Tokyo Designer Gakuin, Tsuruta began his career in the manga industry, working as an assistant to the artist Dirty Matsumoto from 1985 to 1988. He made his professional debut in 1989 with the series Natsuki Crisis, which was first serialized in Shueisha's monthly magazine Bears Club. This work would become his most renowned creation.
Tsuruta is best known as the author of Natsuki Crisis, a martial arts manga that follows the story of Natsuki Kisumi, a high school girl who practices karate. The series was serialized across multiple publications, starting in Bears Club before moving to Business Jump, and was collected into eighteen volumes published by Shueisha under the Young Jump Comics imprint. The manga ran from 1989 to 1997, totaling over one hundred chapters. Its popularity led to an anime adaptation, a two-part original video animation (OVA) titled Natsuki Crisis, released in 1994 and produced by the renowned studio Madhouse. The OVA is noted for its sharp animation and fight choreography, serving as an example of the high school fight genre from the early 1990s. A Super Famicom fighting game titled Natsuki Crisis Battle, based on Tsuruta's characters and story, was also released in 1995.
Beyond Natsuki Crisis, Tsuruta created several other manga series. In 1991, he serialized Fuga in Business Jump. He later wrote and illustrated B. Reaction, which began serialization in 2003 in Shueisha's Ultra Jump. Another of his notable works is Benten-sama ni wa Iwanai de, which was serialized in Business Jump and its supplementary publications from 1998 to 2000. Tsuruta also contributed illustrations for the novel Genosaidaa Mami (The Genocider Mami) by Jo Nakami in 1993. His body of work frequently features strong female protagonists in combat-oriented narratives, positioning him as a creator of fighting girl manga that preceded later series in the same vein. Tsuruta is also known to have a professional friendship with manga artist Kazushi Hagiwara.
Tsuruta is best known as the author of Natsuki Crisis, a martial arts manga that follows the story of Natsuki Kisumi, a high school girl who practices karate. The series was serialized across multiple publications, starting in Bears Club before moving to Business Jump, and was collected into eighteen volumes published by Shueisha under the Young Jump Comics imprint. The manga ran from 1989 to 1997, totaling over one hundred chapters. Its popularity led to an anime adaptation, a two-part original video animation (OVA) titled Natsuki Crisis, released in 1994 and produced by the renowned studio Madhouse. The OVA is noted for its sharp animation and fight choreography, serving as an example of the high school fight genre from the early 1990s. A Super Famicom fighting game titled Natsuki Crisis Battle, based on Tsuruta's characters and story, was also released in 1995.
Beyond Natsuki Crisis, Tsuruta created several other manga series. In 1991, he serialized Fuga in Business Jump. He later wrote and illustrated B. Reaction, which began serialization in 2003 in Shueisha's Ultra Jump. Another of his notable works is Benten-sama ni wa Iwanai de, which was serialized in Business Jump and its supplementary publications from 1998 to 2000. Tsuruta also contributed illustrations for the novel Genosaidaa Mami (The Genocider Mami) by Jo Nakami in 1993. His body of work frequently features strong female protagonists in combat-oriented narratives, positioning him as a creator of fighting girl manga that preceded later series in the same vein. Tsuruta is also known to have a professional friendship with manga artist Kazushi Hagiwara.
Works
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