Keiji Nakazawa

Japanese manga artist (1939-2012).

Born March 14th, 1939 in Hiroshima, Naka-ku.

Died December 19th, 2012 at 73 years old in Hiroshima (lung cancer). [ref]

Occupations
mangaka, visual artist, writer
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