Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

May 8, 1936

Died

April 17, 2019 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Sanoh, Ootamachi-ota, Daisen-City, Senboku, Akita

Also Known As

小池一夫
小池一雄（筆名）

IMDb Profile

Kazuo Koike

Biography

Kazuo Koike (Japanese: 小池一夫, Hepburn: Koike Kazuo; May 8, 1936 – April 17, 2019) was a prolific Japanese manga writer, novelist, screenwriter, lyricist and entrepreneur. He is best known for his violent, artful seinen manga, notably Lone Wolf and Cub (with Goseki Kojima, 1970–6), Lady Snowblood (with Kazuo Kamimura, 1972–3) and Crying Freeman (with Ryoichi Ikegami, 1986–8), which – along with their numerous media adaptations − have been credited for their influence on the international growth of Japanese popular culture.