Yûji Aoki

Biography

Yūji Aoki was a Japanese manga artist and essayist born in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan on June 9, 1945. He debuted as a manga artist with Naniwa Kin'yūdō in 1990 and won the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 1992. His work also earned him the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Award for Excellence in 1998. A notable early career highlight was his role in the 1971 film "Gushing Prayer: A 15-Year-Old Prostitute".