Shinji Mizushima, a manga artist known for “Dokaben” and “Yakyukyo no Uta“, died at a hospital in Tokyo on the 10th. 82 years old. According to Mizushima Productions, he had been fighting illness for some time, and the funeral was held only by his family due to the will of the deceased.
Mr. Mizushima was born in Niigata prefecture in 1939. He made his debut as a writer in 1958, and started serializing his masterpiece “Dokaben” in “Weekly Shonen Champion” (Akita Shoten) in 1972. The work was made into an animation in 1976, a live-action movie in 1977, and a game, and was serialized until 1981.
After that, as sequels, “Dokaben” (1983-87), “Dokaben Professional Baseball Edition” (95-03), “Dokaben Superstars Edition” (2004-12), “Dokaben Dream Tournament Edition” (12) ~ 18 years) was published, and in June 2018, the curtain was put on the history of 46 years of serialization through the series. The cumulative total of the “Dokaben” book series has been released up to 205 volumes.
In addition, he has produced many baseball manga such as “Abu-san,” “Baseball Mad Poem,” and “Men’s Aho Koshien.” Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2005 and the Order of the Rising Sun in 2014. He had announced his retirement in December 2020.
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