Tetsuya Chiba, Japan's manga legend, dies at 87
Culture · First reported 27 Oct, 04:02 · Updated 08:00
Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, creator of Ashita no Joe, died at 87, according to his publishers.
- Chiba died aged 87, his publishers said on October 27.
- His boxing series Ashita no Joe was published from the 1960s through the 1970s and became a cultural phenomenon.
- Chiba received Japan’s Order of Culture; a separate report says he was born in Tokyo in 1939 and was the first manga artist to receive the honour.
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