Mitsuo Hashimoto (manga artist)

Mitsuo Hashimoto (はしもと みつお or 橋本 光男) is a Japanese manga artist born 5 November 1955 in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. After winning an honorable mention at the 11th Tezuka Awards in 1976 for his work Mīnya no Negai, he made his professional debut the following year in a special issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump with his work The Two Are Rivals (二人はライバル). Since that time, he has published works in a variety of Shogakukan shōnen and seinen manga magazines.

His definitive works include Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime (art) and Itsumo Hōkago. Manga artist Hidenori Hara was his assistant for a time. Hashimoto was the assistant for Motoka Murakami for a time.

Works
All works are published by Shogakukan unless otherwise indicated.
 * Ganbare! Donbe (1978-1980, CoroCoro Comic, 2 volumes)
 * Ore wa Namuzumono (1982-1984, written by Jūzō Yamasaki, Weekly Shōnen Sunday, 6 volumes)
 * Barairo Eleven (1985, Big Comic, 4 volumes)
 * Tensai Donbe (1986-1988, CoroCoro Comic, 8 volumes)
 * Itsumo Hōkago (1990-?, Big Comic, 7 volumes)
 * Fūfu Seikatsu (1990-1991, written by Yūji Nishi, Big Comic, 6 volumes)
 * Hanatare Gakuen (1991-1992, SP Comics, 2 volumes)
 * Station (1992-1996, written by Ken'ichi Ōishi, Big Comic Original, 6 volumes, ja)
 * Kibō no Isu (1996-1997, Big Comic, 2 volumes)
 * Mizcov (1996-2000, written by Gregory, Big Comic Original, 5 volumes)
 * Tōen (1999-2000, written by Daiki Harada, Big Comic Superior, 2 volumes)
 * Radio no Tantei (2000, written by Yūji Nishi, Big Comic, 1 volume)
 * Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime (2000-current, written by Ken'ichi Ōishi (vol.1), Masaharu Nabeshima (vol.2-20), Kazuto Kuwa (vol.21-current), Big Comic, 26 volumes (as of March 2009))
 * Shuppatsu, Shingo!! (2006-2009, written by Yūichirō Sueda, Manga Time, 2 volumes, ja)
 * Tetsu no Hosomichi (2008-current, Comic Charge, Kadokawa Shoten, 2 volumes (as of March 2009), ja)