Tooru Fujisawa

Tooru Fujisawa (藤沢とおる) is a Japanese manga author. His name is romanized as Tohru Fujisawa on the Tokyopop English-language Great Teacher Onizuka books and as Toru Fujisawa on the Kodansha bilingual releases. His first serialized work was Adesugata Junjou Boy, published from 1989 in Weekly Shonen Magazine. Fujisawa's best-known work is Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO) about a biker, Eikichi Onizuka, and his attempt to become and remain a teacher. It is a sequel to Shōnan Jun'ai Gumi! and its side story Bad Company. In 1998, Fujisawa won the Kodansha Manga Award for Great Teacher Onizuka.

Works

 * Love You (1989, Magazine Fresh!, Kodansha)
 * Adesugata Junjou Boy (艶姿純情Boy, 1989, Weekly Shonen Magazine, Kodansha)
 * Shōnan Jun'ai Gumi! (湘南純愛組!, 1990-1996, Weekly Shonen Magazine, Kodansha)
 * Bad Company (1996, Weekly Shonen Magazine, Kodansha)
 * Great Teacher Onizuka (1997-2002, Weekly Shonen Magazine, Kodansha)
 * Rose Hip Rose (2002-2003, Young Magazine Uppers, Kodansha)
 * Tokko (特公, 2003, Monthly Afternoon, Kodansha)
 * Wild Base Ballers (2003, Weekly Shonen Magazine, Kodansha. Artwork by Taroh Sekiguchi)
 * Himitsu Sentai Momoider (ひみつ戦隊モモイダー, 2003/2006-2007, Weekly Young Jump, Young Jump Extra Edition Mankaku, Shueisha)
 * Rose Hip Zero (2005-2006, Weekly Shonen Magazine, Kodansha)
 * Magnum Rose Hip (2006, Weekly Shonen Magazine, Kodansha)
 * Kamen Teacher (仮面ティーチャー, 2006-2007, Weekly Young Jump, Shueisha)
 * Reverend D (2006-, Monthly Comic REX, Ichijinsha)
 * Animal Joe (アニマルJOE, 2006/2008, Big Comic Spirits, Shogakukan)
 * Unhappy! (あんハピっ!, 2008, Comic Charge, Kadokawa)
 * Tooi Hoshi kara Kita ALICE (遠い星から来たALICE, 2008, Big Comic Spirits, Shogakukan)
 * GTO Shonan 14 Days (2009-, Weekly Shonen Magazine, Kodansha)

Shōnan Jun'ai Gumi! originally talks about the legendary biker duo Eikichi and his partner Ryuuji and their constant struggle to pick up young girls and finally lose their virginity. In order to do this, they decide to pose as fashionable, nice guys with no association to gangs or street fighting. However the story soon becomes more fight oriented as they can't help but make new enemies. In this manner, they soon enough get in even deeper trouble with the local street gangs, bosozoku and even yakuza.

Bad Company tells how Eikichi met Ryuuji, and despite taking place before Shonan Junai Gumi (which in turn took place before GTO), it was written during the final stages of the series as a prequel.

Other well-known titles include Rose Hip Rose, Rose Hip Zero, and Tokko.