Torao Kurakane
BornFebruary 13, 1914 (1914-02-13)
DiedAugust 25, 1973 (1973-08-26)
NationalityJapanese
Other namesShosuke Kurakane
OccupationManga artist

Torao Kurakane (倉金 虎雄, Kurakane Torao, February 13, 1914 – August 25, 1973), pen name Shosuke Kurakane (倉金章介, Kurakane Shōsuke) was a Japanese manga artist.

He wrote many works that has been turned into anime, TV drama, and movie but is especially known for Anmitsuhime (あんみつ姫) which was turned into all three.[1] His second best known work, Tentenmusume (てんてん娘), was made into a movie on 1956 with Mariko Miyagi as the heroine and on 1984, it was made into a TV drama with Mayumi Hara in the same role.

References

  1. 20世紀日本人名事典,367日誕生日大事典. "倉金 章介(クラカネ ショウスケ)とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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