. "K\u014D Kojima(\u5C0F\u5CF6 \u529FKojima K\u014D) is a mangaka born on March 3, 1928 in Tokyo, Japan. He is most well known for penning Sennin Buraku (running since 1956 in Weekly Asahi Gein\u014D), the longest running comic by a single artist. He attended the private Kawabata Art Academy(\u5DDD\u7AEF\u753B\u5B66\u6821Kawabata Gagakk\u014D) in Koishikawa (now part of Bunky\u014D, Tokyo, after which he began attending Taiheiy\u014D Fine Arts Academy before dropping out partway through school. From his elementary years through high school, Kojima began drawing manga, and in 1949 he made his professional debut as a member of the Dokuritsu Mangaha. That group broke up in 1959, and in 1964 he joined the Japan Manga Artist Cooperative and the Manga Sh\u016Bdan, participating in both groups regularly. Due to the adult and modern nature of his works, as well as his unusual drawing style, his works became very popular, garnering him the 1968 Bungeishunj\u016B Manga Prize from the literary magazine Bungeishunj\u016B for his work Nihon no Kaa-chan. Other works include the long running Sennin Buraku, as well as Hige to Boin, running since 1974 in Shogakukan's Big Comic Original manga magazine. The main character of the latter series is a sake-brewing kappa. Kojima makes regular appearances on the Tokyo 12ch (now TV Tokyo) news discussion show Asahi Shimbun Wide News where he discusses current events and shares satirical illustrations with the viewers. The manga artist Moyoco Anno (who is married to anime director Hideaki Anno) is Kojima's niece. He is not related in any way to Hideo Kojima (creator of the Metal Gear video game franchise)."@en . "K\u014D Kojima(\u5C0F\u5CF6 \u529FKojima K\u014D) is a mangaka born on March 3, 1928 in Tokyo, Japan. He is most well known for penning Sennin Buraku (running since 1956 in Weekly Asahi Gein\u014D), the longest running comic by a single artist. He attended the private Kawabata Art Academy(\u5DDD\u7AEF\u753B\u5B66\u6821Kawabata Gagakk\u014D) in Koishikawa (now part of Bunky\u014D, Tokyo, after which he began attending Taiheiy\u014D Fine Arts Academy before dropping out partway through school. The manga artist Moyoco Anno (who is married to anime director Hideaki Anno) is Kojima's niece."@en . . . . . . . . "K\u014D Kojima"@en .