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Born on December 10, 1958, Nobuyuki Fukumoto is from Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Nobuyuki Fukumoto is credited as a mangaka, comics creator and comics writer. The age as of 2026 is 67. Credited works include Akagi, Gin to Kin and Kaiji.
My Take
I laughed the first time I saw Nobuyuki Fukumoto's art. Those chins. Those noses. It looks like a parody of manga drawing. Then you read twenty pages of Kaiji and you stop laughing, because the exaggeration turns out to be the point: these faces are stretched by fear, greed, and the awful arithmetic of a bet you cannot afford to lose. Born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa in 1958, Fukumoto built a career on gambling and yakuza, subjects that usually produce cheap thrills. What he produces instead is something closer to a psychology experiment. Akagi, Ten, Gin to Kin, Kaiji — the games differ, but the real drama is always interior, a character calculating in a corner while the clock runs. His famous sound effect for dread, a low ambient hum rendered in scratchy kana, does more work than most artists manage with a full page. I have come to think his style was never a limitation he overcame. It is the whole delivery system.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nobuyuki Fukumoto
- Name (Japanese)
- 福本伸行
- Reading
- ふくもと のぶゆき
- Born
- December 10, 1958 (age 67)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dog
- Origin
- Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- mangaka / comics creator / comics writer
2. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Akagi | — | |
| Notable work | Gin to Kin | — | |
| Notable work | Kaiji | — | |
| Notable work | Ten | — |
3. Links
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuyuki%20Fukumoto
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E6%9C%AC%E4%BC%B8%E8%A1%8C
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1195859
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-08-07
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 Nobuyuki Fukumoto born?
Born December 10, 1958 (age 67).
Where is Nobuyuki Fukumoto from?
Nobuyuki Fukumoto is from Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
What does Nobuyuki Fukumoto do?
Nobuyuki Fukumoto works as mangaka, comics creator, comics writer.
What is Nobuyuki Fukumoto known for?
Notable works include Akagi, Gin to Kin, Kaiji.