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Mangaka
Male
February 20 1948
Age77
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Years Active
1973 - Present
Also known as
Yoshiji Ootake大竹由次
Yuu Koyama
小山ゆう
About
[Website](http://www.yu-koyama.com/)
He has won multiple awards in the manga field, winning the Shogakukan Manga Award twice, once in 1977 for Ganbare Genki and again in 1998 for Azumi. Azumi also won an Excellence Award at the 1997 Japan Media Arts Festival.