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Junji Itō
Sign in to saveAlso known as Junji Ito, Junji Itou, Junji Itoh, Itō Junji, Ito Junji, Itou Junji, Itoh Junji
Japanese horror writer and mangaka
Film & TV
Sakashita, Gifu, Japan
Junji Ito (Japanese: 伊藤 潤二 Hepburn: Itō Junji, born July 31, 1963) is a Japanese horror mangaka. Some of his most notable works include Tomie, a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals; and Gyo, a two-volume story where fish are controlled by a strain of sentient bacteria called "the death…
Known for
- Living Corpse — (voice)2026
- Sangre del Toro — Self2025
- Uzumaki — Typhoon Voice (voice)2024
- Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts — Himself2023
- The Legendary Horror Manga Author - Hino Hideshi — Self2019
- Horror Manga Theater2019
- Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki2015
- Tomie — Photographer (uncredited)1998
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1963-07-31 ) July 31, 1963 (age 62) , Nakatsugawa , Gifu , Japan
- Occupations
- Writer , penciller , inker , manga artist
- Notable work
- Tomie , Uzumaki , Gyo
- Spouse
- Ayako Ishiguro ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2006 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Junji
- Family name
- Itō
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Nakatsugawa
- Occupation
- dentist
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- Japanese
- Official website
- www.tonkam.com/catalogue_manga.php?type=auteurs&id=14
- Image
- Junji Ito - Lucca Comics & Games 2018 02.jpg
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- social media followers
- 164410
- date of birth
- 1963-07-31
- name in kana
- いとう じゅんじ
- Commons category
- Junji Ito
- name in native language
- 伊藤 潤二
- ethnic group
- Japanese people
Sources (3)
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Junji Itō, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Junji Ito (Japanese: 伊藤 潤二, Hepburn: Itō Junji; born July 31, 1963) is a Japanese horror manga artist. Some of his most notable works include Tomie, a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town cursed by spirals; and Gyo, a two-volume story in which fish are controlled by a strain of bacteria called "the death stench." His other works include The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection, a collection of his many short stories, and Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu, a self-parody about him and his wife living in a house with two cats.
Ito's work has developed a substantial cult following, and Ito has been called an iconic horror manga artist. His manga has been adapted to both film and anime television series, including the Tomie film series and both the Junji Ito Collection and Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre anime anthology series.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Junji Itō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.