Nobuhiro Watsuki
#228,026 Most Popular
About
Japanese cartoonist best known for his Rurouni Kenshin samurai manga series. He based many of his primary and secondary manga characters on actual people, including famous samurai warriors and politicians.
Before Fame
During his high school years, he won an award for Podmark, his earliest manga.
Trivia
He published a manga titled Crescent Moon in the Warring States.
Family Life
His wife, Kaoru Kurosaki, served as curator of his 2013 American exhibition.
Associated With
One of his manga characters, Gein, was inspired by the infamous American murderer Ed Gein.
