Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Jun Miura's occupation list, novelist and illustrator and manga artist and actor and essayist, reads like the filing system simply gave up. Kyoto-born, Higashiyama High School, Musashino Art University. But his real work is language: Japan would not say my boom or yuru-chara if he had not said them first. He wrote books about travelling to look at Buddhist statues and about gloriously useless souvenirs. Naming what nobody bothered to name is far harder than it looks, and he has never stopped doing it.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jun Miura
- Name (Japanese)
- みうらじゅん
- Born
- February 1, 1958 (age 68)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Dog
- Origin
- Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- novelist / illustrator / mangaka / actor / writer
2. Background
- High school
- Higashiyama High School
- University
- Musashino Art University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://miurajun.net/
- Xhttps://x.com/miurajun_net
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%BF%E3%81%86%E3%82%89%E3%81%98%E3%82%85%E3%82%93
Frequently asked questions
When was Jun Miura born?
Born February 1, 1958 (age 68).
Where is Jun Miura from?
Jun Miura is from Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
What does Jun Miura do?
Jun Miura works as novelist, illustrator, mangaka, actor, writer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-07-27
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.