Joji Abe

Biography

Naoya Abe, pen name George Abe, was a renowned Japanese author, manga creator, and former yakuza. Notably, he collaborated with artist Masasumi Kakizaki on the manga series Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin. Abe left the yakuza life in 1986 to write the bestselling novel Hei no Naka no Korinai Menmen, later adapted into a film. He passed away in 2019 at 82 due to pneumonia.