Junji Ito

Junji Ito, born in 1963 in Gifu Prefecture on Honshu, is a Japanese manga artist and author. He began his career in horror manga in 1987 with the series “Tomie,” which ran in Monthly Halloween until 2000, was adapted for film and television, and received the Kazuo Umezu Prize. In 1998 and 1999, Ito published the manga “Uzumaki” in Big Comic Spirits; it became his best-known work. His other works include “Gyo” and “Yami no Koe.” His work has been translated and adapted internationally.