Ochazukenori

is a Japanese manga artist. He is most famous for the horror manga he drew in the 1980s and 1990s.

Life

Ochazukenori was born in Kawasaki in 1960. He began reading manga from rental bookstores as a child, later he read Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Shōnen Magazine and drew manga inspired by Satoru Ozawa's Submarine 707. In his youth and while attending Rissho University in Tokyo, he drew doujinshi together with friends. When he wanted to start his career as a professional manga artist, he had to send money to his parents to convince them of his career decision, as they wanted him to take over their hardware store. His doujinshi anthology Pen Touch gained a following for its obscure content. In parallel, he worked as an assistant first for manga artist Nasubi Fujitaka His pseudonym Ochazukenori is the name of a rice dish with green tea and dried algae. He chose it, because it is similar to his birth name and because another manga artist suggested it to him and he like it.

He published only little new work in the 2000s, but became more active again in the 2010s. He focused on drawing web manga. with depictions of bloody corpses, fratricide and torture. Ochazukenori keeps drawing by hand; he says "If you draw with a pen tablet, the manuscript will not remain. So if there is a power outage, you won't be able to read it". Reincarnation (リーンカーネーション) 1986 Published by Tokyo Sanseisha in 1 vol. Comet (コメット) 1986 Short story published in Asahi Sonorama's Bogeyman Dōki (童鬼) 1987 Serialized in LC Mystery Published by Tokyo Sanseisha in 1 vol. Maō Ghoul – Nevillestone Densetsu (魔王グール -ネビルストーン伝説-) 1987 Serialized in Battle MachinePublished by Asahi Sonorama in 1 vol. Zangekikan (惨劇館) 1987–1993 Serialized in Monthly HalloweenPublished by Asahi Sonorama in 10 vol. Nebirosu no Sōji (ネビロスの双児) 1988 Serialized in Horror & Occult Kyousaku Daizenshuu Published by Tokyo Sanseisha in 2 vol. 13-nichi no Ochazukenori (13日の御茶漬海苔) 1988 Serialized in Monthly Halloween Published by Asahi Sonorama in 1 vol. Kurukuru (クルクル) 1988–1989 Serialized in Monthly HalloweenPublished by Asahi Sonorama in 1 vol. TVO 1989–1990 Serialized in Young SundayPublished by Shogakukan in 3 vol. Chalk (チョーク) 1991–1992 Published by Leeds Publishing in 5 vol. Yōkai Monogatari (妖怪物語) 1991–1992 Serialized in Monthly Halloween Published by Asahi Sonorama in 3 vol. Kyōfu Jikkenshitsu (恐怖実験室) 1994–1996 Serialized in Published by Akita Shoten in 5 vol. Ankoku Jiten (暗黒辞典) 1995–1997 Serialized in Horror MPublished by Bunkasha in 4 vol. Shōwa Kanamono-ya Monogatari (昭和金物屋物語) 2007 Published by Kasakura Shuppansha in 1 vol. Itain desu (痛いんです) 2012 Serialized in Comic Essay TheaterPublished by Media Factory in 1 vol. Zansatsu Circus (斬殺サーカス) 2013–2016 Serialized in Manga Samurai StylePublished by Gakken in 2 vol. Jigoku Hakase to Neko: Dr.Inferno Meets the Cat (地獄博士とネコ) 2014–2015 Serialized in Comic SpicaPublished by Kadokawa Shoten in 1 vol. Onnya no Isshō (おんニャの一生) 2021–Present Serialized in Aokishi