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My Take
Gengoroh Tagame is the kind of artist who makes you realize how much more powerful restraint is than provocation. Trained at Tama Art University and rooted in Kamakura, he spent decades building a body of work on his own unapologetic terms — and then My Brother's Husband landed and showed a much wider audience what he was always capable of: a story about a Canadian man visiting the Japanese family of his late husband, told entirely through the rhythms of everyday domestic life, meals, bath time, small kindnesses. No speeches, no courtroom drama, just warmth doing the heavy lifting. The Japan Cartoonists Association Award and the Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival recognition in 2018 felt long overdue. He's a Aquarius who turned sixty still doing exactly what he believes in, and that kind of stubborn creative integrity is genuinely rare.
Overview
Tagame Gengoroh is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator born on February 3, 1964, in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. He graduated from Tama Art University and has built a career spanning illustration, manga, writing, and screenwriting. His representative works include the manga series My Brother's Husband and Our Colors. In 2018 he received both the Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival Award and the Japan Cartoonists Association Award.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tagame Gengoroh
- Name (Japanese)
- 田亀源五郎
- Reading
- たがめ げんごろう
- Born
- February 3, 1964 (age 62)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Dragon (辰)
- Origin
- Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- Illustrator / Manga artist / Author / Screenwriter / Penciller
2. Background
- University
- Tama Art University
Awards & achievements
- 2018 — Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival Award
- 2018 — Japan Cartoonists Association Award
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable Work | My Brother's Husband | — | Unknown |
| Notable Work | Our Colors | — | Unknown |
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.tagame.org/
- Xhttps://x.com/tagagen
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E4%BA%80%E6%BA%90%E4%BA%94%E9%83%8E
Frequently asked questions
When was Tagame Gengoroh born?
Born February 3, 1964 (age 62).
Where is Tagame Gengoroh from?
Tagame Gengoroh is from Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
What does Tagame Gengoroh do?
Tagame Gengoroh works as Illustrator, Manga artist, Author, Screenwriter, Penciller.
What is Tagame Gengoroh known for?
Notable works include My Brother's Husband, Our Colors.
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7. About this entry
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- 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.