2012Nominee
Best Writing
Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack
Junji Ito
Actor · Director · Writer
Sakashita, Gifu, Japan
July 31, 1963
Biography
Junji Ito (Japanese: 伊藤 潤二 Hepburn: Itō Junji, born July 31, 1963) is a Japanese horror mangaka. Some of his most notable works include Tomie, a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals; and Gyo, a two-volume story where fish are controlled by a strain of sentient bacteria called "the death stench."
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2005Nominee
Best Writing
Tomie: Beginning
2001Nominee
Best Writing
Tomie: Rebirth
Career Highlights
2000Highlight
Best Writing
Uzumaki
2011Highlight
Best Writing
Tomie: Unlimited
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Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack
Uzumaki
Tomie: Unlimited