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Tetsu Kariya

Original Story

Tetsuya Totsuka , also known as Tetsu Kariya , Ageta Shinya, Ryu Setaki, and Kariya F., is a Japanese manga artist and essayist.

Biography Selected credits

Born in: Beijing
Education: University of Tokyo
Credits: 5

About Tetsu Kariya

Tetsu Kariya is an original story with five credits in Aniphoria's catalog.

Notable work

Production credits include original story (4) and original creator.

FAQ

What has Tetsu Kariya worked on?

Our catalog lists five credits, including Oishinbo: Kyukyoku Tai Shikou, Choju Ryori Taiketsu!!, Oishinbo Pilot, and Shin Oishinbo.

The person behind the work

Biography

Tetsuya Totsuka (Japanese: 戸塚哲也, Hepburn: Totsuka Tetsuya; born October 6, 1941), also known as Tetsu Kariya (雁屋哲, Kariya Tetsu), Ageta Shinya, Ryu Setaki, and Kariya F., is a Japanese manga artist and essayist. He is best known for writing the manga series Oishinbo, one of the best-selling manga series in history.

The series was a perennial best-seller, selling 1.2 million copies per volume, for a total of more than 135 million copies sold. It has also been adapted into anime, games, TV dramas, and films. In March 2016, Kariya announced on his blog that he wanted to end the manga after it returned from hiatus. He wrote that "30 years is too long for many things" and that he believed "it's about time to end it.