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Yanwari Kazama

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Yanwari Kazama
Bornbirth name not made public[1]
(1977-06-13)June 13, 1977
Itabashi, Tokyo[2]
DiedOctober 22, 2013(2013-10-22) (aged 36)
Tokyo
Nationality Japan
Area(s)yonkoma
Notable works
Taberemasen, Pochi kyokudō[3]
http://www.kazamayanwari.com

Yanwari Kazama (風間やんわり, Kazama Yanwari, June 13, 1977 – October 22, 2013) was a Japanese manga artist.

He started drawing the Taberemasen ("not fit for consumption") yonkoma cartoon in 1995 in the Kodansha-published Young Magazine while still in high school, and continued the series until 2013. Besides publishing in Young Magazine, he also published social satire cartoons in the weekly magazine Friday.[4]

He died on October 22, 2013, from liver failure.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "ギャグ漫画「食べれません」風間やんわり氏死去" (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  2. ^ "Taberemasen Manga Creator Yanwari Kazama Passes Away". Anime news network. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  3. ^ "漫画家・風間やんわりさん死去 4コマ「食べれません」" (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  4. ^ "「食べれません」の風間やんわりさん死去 まだ36歳" (in Japanese). www.sponichi.co.jp. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  5. ^ "訃報:風間やんわりさん36歳=漫画家 「食べれません」" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2013.