Taku Kitazaki

Taku Kitazaki (北崎拓, Kitazaki Taku, born July 27, 1966 in Hyougo, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. His major works include Angel Cop, which was made into an anime series,^[1] and Tatoeba Konna Love Song. One of his former assistants was Masahito Soda who later created Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M.^[2] In 2006, his manga Cupid No Itazura Nijidama was made into a TV drama.^[3] He also did some work to support an Ultraman dojinshi as well as artwork for Nana to Kaoru: Black Label.^[4]

Works

• Sorairo Miina (空色みーな)
• Angel Cop (エンジェルコップ)^[5][1]
• Tatoeba Konna Love Song (たとえばこんなラブソング)
• Hero Shigan (ヒーロー志願)
• Fu·ta·ri (ふ・た・り)
• Boukyou Senshi (望郷戦士)
• Masurao ~Yoshitsune Ki~ (ますらお 〜秘本義経記〜)
• Nagisa Me Kounin (なぎさMe公認)
• Time Skip Mao-chan (タイムスキップ 真央ちゃん)
• Nante Tantei Idol (なんてっ探偵♥アイドル)
• Kupido no Itazura Nijidama (クピドの悪戯 虹玉)^[6]
• Sakuranbo Syndrome: Kupido no Itazura II (さくらんぼシンドローム クピドの悪戯II)
• Ore X Yome: Kupido no Itazura (オレ×ヨメ 〜クピドの悪戯〜)
• Kono S o, Miyo!: Kupido no Itazura (このSを、見よ! クピドの悪戯)

Contributions to:

• Ultraman Begins 2011 Aratana Tatakai no Hajimari dojinshi – illustrations^[5]
• Nana to Kaoru: Black Label 4-panel – Bonus art^[4][7]

References

1. 1 2 "The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition". google.com. Retrieved 23 February 2016. 
2. ↑ "Comics Natalie Mobile Soda Masahito". Comics Natalie. January 13, 2010. 
3. ↑ "Nijidama Drama". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 February 2016. 
4. 1 2 "Nana to Kaoru Manga Gets 4-Panel Spinoff". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 February 2016. 
5. 1 2 "Monthly Hero's Manga Mag to Launch with Ultraman". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 February 2016. 
6. ↑ "Nijidama Drama". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 February 2016. 
7. ↑ "Nana to Kaoru Manga Gets 2nd Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 February 2016. 

External links

• Taku Kitazaki's blog (2007-) (Japanese)
• Taku Kitazaki's earlier blog (Japanese)
• Young Sunday's profile of Taku Kitazaki (Japanese)
• Taku Kitazaki manga at Media Arts Database (Japanese)