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My Take
Masahito Soda is the kind of manga artist who quietly makes you forget you're reading — you're just living it. Born in Bunkyo, Tokyo in 1968, he debuted in 1990 and built a career on stories about people pushing themselves to the absolute limit: a rookie firefighter in Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M (which won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1997), a young girl chasing ballet perfection in Subaru, and then Capeta, his motorsport epic about a kid clawing his way from dirt tracks to formula racing, which ran a decade and earned him the Kodansha Manga Award in 2005. What I find impressive is how he keeps picking unglamorous, hyper-specific worlds — fire stations, ballet studios, racing circuits — and then just absolutely nails the obsession inside them. He's not a flashy name, but his bibliography punches well above its weight.
Overview
Masahito Soda is a Japanese manga artist born on June 18, 1968, in Bunkyo, Tokyo. He attended Nihon University for his higher education. His social media presence includes active accounts on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). Few personal details have been made public beyond his professional identity as a manga artist.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Masahito Soda
- Name (Japanese)
- 曽田正人
- Reading
- そだ まさひと
- Born
- June 18, 1968 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Monkey (申)
- Origin
- Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation
- Manga artist
2. Background
- University
- Nihon University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Masahito Soda born?
Born June 18, 1968 (age 58).
Where is Masahito Soda from?
Masahito Soda is from Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.
What does Masahito Soda do?
Masahito Soda works as Manga artist.
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7. 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.