Mio Murao
Mio Murao | |
|---|---|
村生ミオ | |
| Born | Mikio Murai 28 April 1952 Tokushima, Japan |
| Died | 16 April 2022 (aged 69) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Mangaka |
Mikio Murai (Japanese: 村井 幹生, 28 April 1952 – 16 April 2022), professionally known as Mio Murao (Japanese: 村生ミオ) was a Japanese manga artist and writer, active for about 50 years.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Tokushima, Murao started his career as an assistant of Kimio Yanagisawa, and made his official debut as a mangaka in 1972 with Kappa Love Love Daisakusen (別冊少年ジャンプ), which was published in Bessatsu Shōnen Jump.[1] In 1974, he was awarded the Tezuka Award for Twin Banzai.[1]
Murao had his breakout in the early 1980s, with the rabu-kome (romantic comedy) series Munasawagi no Houkago, Kekkon Game and Binetsu My Love, which were serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine and GORO and had multiple film and television adaptations.[1][2] From the 1990s, he focused on the seinen genre and on more adult themed manga.[1]
After a long illness beginning in 2019, Murao died on 16 April 2022, at the age of 69.[3] His last work was the manga Yami ni Daka reru Onna (闇に抱かれる女, "A Woman in the Dark").[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "漫画家・村生ミオさん69歳で死去 「胸さわぎの放課後」など80年代ラブコメブームけん引". Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). 22 April 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "漫画家村生ミオ氏死去 「胸さわぎの放課後」「結婚ゲーム」｜好書好日". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 21 April 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "漫画家・村生ミオさん逝去 代表作に『胸さわぎの放課後』など". Oricon. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
