Tōru Shinohara

Tōru Shinohara (篠原とおる, Shinohara Tōru; born April 28, 1936) is a Japanese manga artist.

He was born in Niihama, Ehime. After graduating from high school in 1955, he started working at a factory in Osaka making car parts but quit after only ten months. He studied manga via a mail-offered course and wrote to various manga magazines. In 1958, came his first commercially printed work Fukumenhakushi (覆面博士) and he began his career as a manga artist.

He is best known for Nippon Keibaden that detailed the history of Japan's horse racing industry and its horses. He is also known for beautiful amazon-like heroines who are never daunted by the hardship they endure. Since 1970, he has written a series of works titled Sasori, lit. scorpion, which is the name for a female inmate and heroine seeking escape and revenge upon those who wronged her. Director Shunya Ito started a series of ten films starring Meiko Kaji based on the manga, the most famous one being the initial film, Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion. However, Ito withdrew from the project after three, and Kaji four films. Many of his works have been turned into movies since 1972.

List of works

• Fukumen Hakushi (覆面博士)
• Mehyo Mako (女豹マコ)
• Zubeko Tantei Ran (ズベ公探偵ラン)
• Nippon Keibaden (にっぽん競馬伝)
• Teinen Shokun (定年諸君)
• Toko (陶子)
• Kariudobachi (狩人蜂)
• Sasori (さそり)
• Kauchi Zankyoden Shamo (河内残侠伝軍鶏)
• Yadokari (やどかり)
• Onna Toji Sayaka (女刀師サヤカ)
• Garando (がらんどう)
• Zero-ka no Onna (O課の女)
• Yakochu (夜光虫)
• Wanibunsho / 82-bunsho (ワニ分署 / 82分署)
• Keiji Anko (刑事あんこう)
• Shokuchuka (食虫花)
• Hikuidori (火喰鳥)
• Ginsasa (銀笹)
• Suna (砂)
• Onna Shiokinin ZEBRA (女仕置き人ZEBRA)

External links

• Toru Shinohara manga at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)