Artist
Shuuichi Shigeno
しげの秀一
- Mangaka
At a glance
Kaidomi catalogues Shuuichi Shigeno as Mangaka. The catalogue records 12 title-backed credits. Documented work includes Initial D 1st Stage, Initial D 2nd Stage and Initial D 3rd Stage. This artist hub connects works, roles and official profiles.
Source biography
Shuichi Shigeno is a Japanese manga artist famous for creating Initial D. Shigeno has also created Baribari Densetsu, Dopkan, and Tunnel Nuketara Sky Blue all prior to the manga that would make him famous in 1995. In 1985, he received the Kodansha Manga Award in shounen for Bari Bari Densetsu.
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He owns a 1980s Toyota Sprinter Trueno with a panda white color scheme, like Initial D's main character Takumi. He also owns a Sonic Blue Mica-colored 1999 WRX Type STi Version 6 with an STi sports bumper (a part from the STi sport catalogue made to look like the 22B STi bumper but fits non-wide body Imprezas) just like Takumi's father, Bunta. One of his notable students is Jyoji Morikawa, creator of Hajime no Ippo.
Known for
12 title-backed credits in the catalogue
Works made
Initial D 1st StageOriginal CreatorAnime · 1998
Initial D 2nd StageOriginal CreatorAnime · 1999
Initial D 3rd StageOriginal CreatorAnime · 2001
Initial D 4th StageOriginal CreatorAnime · 2004
Initial D Fifth StageOriginal CreatorAnime · 2012
Initial D Final StageOriginal CreatorAnime · 2014
MF GHOSTOriginal CreatorAnime · 2023
MF GHOST Season 2Original CreatorAnime · 2024