Hideo Azuma
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media.language: Japanese
media.homeTown: Urahoro, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
media.yearsActive: 1969-2009
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He started drawing Yonkoma manga at the age of 16 and published his first professional work called Ringside Crazy (リングサイド) in December 1969. He named his first mentor, Rentaro Itai, [Osamu Tezuka](https://anilist.co/staff/96938/Osamu-Tezuka), [Shotaro Ishinomori](https://anilist.co/staff/97478/Shotaro-Ishinomori) and the author [Yasutaka Tsutsui](https://anilist.co/staff/97488/Yasutaka-Tsutsui) as the people, who had the most impact on his works.
