Yoshihiko Funazaki
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Yoshihiko Funazaki (舟崎 克彦, Funazaki Yoshihiko, February 2, 1945 – October 15, 2015) was a Japanese
Biography
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Funazaki was born to a wealthy family[citation needed] in Tokyo. After graduating from Gakushuin University in 1968, he worked as a songwriter, screenwriter, and illustrator while working in a real estate company. In 1969, while he had leave of absence, he and Yasuko Funazaki, his wife, started to write a nonsense tale, Tonkachi to Hanashōgun (トンカチと花将軍, The Hammer and the Flowery General). In 1971, he resigned from the company and made his debut as a novelist.
In 1973, he wrote Poppen Sensei no Nichiyōbi (ぽっぺん先生の日曜日, The Sunday of Professor Poppen). The next year, the second novel of this series, Poppen Sensei to Kaerazu no Numa (ぽっぺん先生と帰らずの沼, Professor Poppen and the Swamp of No Return) won Akaitori Bungaku Shō (赤い鳥文学賞, The Redbird Literary Prize).[citation needed]
His
In 1983, Q wa sekaiichi (Q はせかいいち, Q is best in the world) won Sankei Jidō Shuppan Bunka Shō. In 1984, Hakamadare (はかまだれ) won Ehon Nippon Shō (絵本にっぽん賞, Japanese Picture Books Prize). In 1986, Kazehiki Tamago (かぜひきたまご, Coughing Eggs) won Sankei Jidō Shuppan Bunka Shō.
In 1989, Poppen Sensei series won Robō no Ishi Bungakushō (路傍の石文学賞, The Roadside Stone Literary Prize).
Funazaki died on October 15, 2015, at the age of 70 in Mitaka, Tokyo.[1]
Detective Conan investigation
Around 1996, Funazaki was informed by a reader that
Funazaki was offended at the response, and he published the third book as a protest against Aoyama.[citation needed]
Bibliography
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Professor Poppen Series
- 1973 Poppen Sensei no Nichiyōbi (ぽっぺん先生の日曜日) ISBN 4-480-88006-2
- 1974 Poppen Sensei to Kaerazu no Numa (ぽっぺん先生と帰らずの沼) ISBN 4-480-88009-7
- 1976 Poppen Sensei to Waraukamomegō (ぽっぺん先生と笑うカモメ号) ISBN 4-480-88018-6
- 1977 Poppen Sensei to Doro no Ōji (ぽっぺん先生とどろの王子) ISBN 4-480-88022-4
- 1979 Poppen Sensei no Dōbutsu Jiten (ぽっぺん先生の動物事典) ISBN 4-480-88030-5
- 1983 Poppen Sensei Jigoku he Yōkoso (ぽっぺん先生地獄へようこそ) ISBN 4-480-88040-2
- 1988 Poppen Sensei to Hoshi no Joō (ぽっぺん先生と鏡の女王) ISBN 4-480-88090-9
- 1991 Poppen Sensei to Hoshi no Hakobune (ぽっぺん先生と星の箱舟) ISBN 4-480-88095-X
- 1994 Poppen Sensei no Christmas (ぽっぺん先生のクリスマス) ISBN 4-480-88097-6
Picasso-kun Series
Picasso-kun (ピカソ君) is a fictional character in a series of Japanese children's booksPicasso-kun no tantei note(Picasso's case file) created by Funazaki. He himself illustrated these books.
Picasso's real name is Mitsumoto Sugimoto (杉本光素, Sugimoto Mitsumoto). He is a sixth grader at Sakuramachi Elementary School and looks like an ordinary schoolboy, but his actual age is 23. Ten years prior, he was severely wounded while he was playing baseball; he then physically stopped growing, so he appears to be an ordinary kid but is mentally older.
After his injury his father, a diplomat, took him to England. While being raised there, he became a Sherlock Holmes admirer. After returning to Japan, he came back to the elementary school, and established a detective office. He wears glasses, long boots, a suit and a tie.(But, these similarities Funazaki described are all extremely common s in manga. For example, The motif of little detective who wears suit and tie (bow tie) is used by Osamu Tezuka, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Fujiko Fujio.) His circumstances are well known by society. So he is allowed to drink alcoholic drinks and smoke a cigar. And he has a driver's license.
- 1983 Picasso-kun no tantei chō(Picasso's case file) (ピカソ君の探偵帳) ISBN 978-4-8340-0929-3
- 1994 Picasso-kun no tantei note (ピカソ君の探偵ノート) [retitled] ISBN 978-4-89419-117-4
- 1994 Picasso-kun no tantei note (ピカソ君の探偵ノート) [retitled]
- 1995 The macaroni au gratin murder case (マカロニグラタン殺人事件) ISBN 978-4-89419-126-6
- 2000 The great baseball player murder plan (大リーガー殺人計画) ISBN 978-4-89419-220-1
References
- ^ 「ぽっぺん先生物語」舟崎克彦さん死去…70歳. YOMIURI ONLINE(読売新聞) (in Japanese).
- ISBN 978-4-89219-199-2ASIN 489219199X
External links
- J'Lit | Authors : Yoshihiko Funazaki | Books from Japan
- A review of "The great baseball player murder plan" on Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese)
- A review about Funazaki (in Japanese)
- Yoshihiko Funazaki manga at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)