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My Take
I have such a soft spot for Kazuhiro Fujita, because his pages just run hot. The guy draws like he's sweating onto the paper, all thick frantic lines and emotion cranked to eleven, and somehow he's been doing it since the late '80s without cooling off. What gets me is the discipline under all that heat. Ushio and Tora, Karakuri Circus, Moonlight Act, these are sprawling, years-long epics with a hundred dangling threads, and he actually pays them all back, no loose ends left flapping. He takes goofy pulp stuff, yokai and creepy puppets, and digs until he hits real human grief and loyalty, so the endings land like a punch to the chest. A Hokkaido kid from Asahikawa who never lost the fire, basically the hot-blooded uncle of manga, and I'm completely here for it.
Overview
Kazuhiro Fujita is a Japanese manga artist born on May 24, 1964, in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. He attended Hokkaido Asahikawa Higashi High School and later Nihon University. He is best known for his long-running series Ushio and Tora, Karakuri Circus, and Moonlight Act, all published in Weekly Shonen Sunday. In 1997 he received the Seiun Award in the comics category.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kazuhiro Fujita
- Name (Japanese)
- 藤田和日郎
- Reading
- ふじた かずひろ
- Born
- May 24, 1964 (age 62)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dragon
- Origin
- Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
- Occupation
- Manga artist
2. Background
- High school
- Hokkaido Asahikawa Higashi High School
- University
- Nihon University
Awards & achievements
- 1997 — Seiun Award, Comics Category
3. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major work | Ushio and Tora | — | Unknown |
| Major work | Karakuri Circus | — | Unknown |
| Major work | Moonlight Act | — | Unknown |
| Major work | The Evil Eye Flies to the Full Moon | — | Unknown |
4. Links
5. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
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.
Frequently asked questions
When was Kazuhiro Fujita born?
Born May 24, 1964 (age 62).
Where is Kazuhiro Fujita from?
Kazuhiro Fujita is from Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan.
What does Kazuhiro Fujita do?
Kazuhiro Fujita works as Manga artist.
What is Kazuhiro Fujita known for?
Notable works include Ushio and Tora, Karakuri Circus, Moonlight Act.