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جونجی ایتو
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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 جونجی ایتو, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana