Kazuo Koike
Writing · Born 1936-05-08 · age 82 at death · Sanoh, Ootamachi-ota, Daisen-City, Senboku, Akita
Kazuo Koike (Japanese: 小池 一夫, Hepburn: Koike Kazuo; May 8, 1936 – April 17, 2019) was a prolific Japanese manga writer, novelist, screenwriter, lyricist and entrepreneur. He is best known for his violent, artful seinen manga, notably Lone Wolf and Cub (with Goseki Kojima, 1970–6), Lady Snowblood (with Kazuo Kamimura, 1972–3) and Crying Freeman (with Ryoichi Ikegami, 1986–8), which – along with their numerous media adaptations − have been credited for their influence on the international growth of Japanese popular culture.
Titles
Lady Snowblood
Crying Freeman
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Shogun Assassin
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
The Princess Blade
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
The Dragon from Russia
Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
Mad Bull 34
Hanappe Bazooka
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1
Demon Spies
Broken Oath
Lone Wolf and Cub
Killer's Romance
Crying Freeman
Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Bohachi Bushido: The Villain
Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge
Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown
Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory
Electroid Zaborger 7
Master Dochu, Grudge and Love
Darling Betty - Demon Story
The Fugitive Samurai
Archive: Lone Wolf and Cub
Hanzo, the Razor
The Scarred Man
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
Hanzo: The Razor
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer
Midnight Demon
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
A Samurai's Sorrow
Murderous Love
Lone Wolf and Cub
A Tale of Two Truncheons