Kazuhiro Fujita (藤田 和日郎, Fujita Kazuhiro; born May 24, 1964, in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Nihon University. Fujita made his professional manga debut in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1989. He is known for his manga series Ushio & Tora and Karakuri Circus. For Ushio & Tora, Fujita won the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category in 1992 and the Seiun Award in 1997.
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Influences
Fujita stated that he wanted to become a manga artist after reading Rumiko Takahashi's "When My Eyes Got Wings" (闇をかけるまなざし, Yami wo Kakeru Manazashi). He also named Yōsuke Takahashi, Satoshi Yoshida and Daijiro Morohoshi as influences.
Works
Ushio & Tora (うしおととら, Ushio to Tora), 1990–1996, 33 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Yoru no Uta (夜の歌), 1995 (collection of short stories published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from 1988 to 1994)
Karakuri Circus (からくりサーカス, Karakuri Sākasu) 1997–2006, 43 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Akatsuki no Uta (暁の歌), 2004 (collection of short stories published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Young Sunday from 1996 to 2003)
Jagan wa Gachirin ni Tobu (邪眼は月輪に飛ぶ), 2006–2007, one volume, Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits
The Black Museum: Springald (黒博物館 スプリンガルド, Kuro Hakubutsukan Supuringarudo), 2007, one volume, Kodansha's Morning
Moonlight Act (月光条例, Gekkō Jōrei), 2008–2014, 29 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday
The Black Museum: Ghost and Lady (黒博物館 ゴースト アンド レデ, Kuro Hakubutsukan Gōsuto ando Redi), 2014–2015, 2 volumes, Kodansha's Morning
Sōbōtei Kowasubeshi (双亡亭壊すべし), 2016–2021, 25 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday
The Black Museum: Mikazuki Yo, Kaibutsu to Odore (黒博物館 三日月よ、怪物と踊れ, Kuro Hakubutsukan Mikazuki Yo, Kaibutsu to Odore), 2022–2023, 6 volumes, Kodansha's Morning
Silver Mountain (シルバーマウンテン, Shirubā Maunten), 2025–present, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Other
Ayakashidō no Hōrai (あやかし堂のホウライ), 2004–2006, original concept, 3 volumes, Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Super
BakéGyamon (妖逆門, Bakegyamon), 2006–2007, original concept, 5 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Anime adaptations
Ushio & Tora, 1992–1993 10-episode OVA
Ushio & Tora: Comically Deformed Theater, 1993 one-episode parody OVA
Karakuri Circus, 1998 Weekly Shōnen Sunday commercial
Puppet Princess, 2000 one-episode OVA adapting a short story published in Yoru no Uta
Ushio & Tora, 2015–2016 anime television series
Karakuri Circus, 2018–2019 anime television series
Master
Yoshitoh Asari (Space Family Carlvinson)
Assistants
Nobuyuki Anzai
Kazurou Inoue
Yukio Katayama (Hanamote Katare, Furo Girl!, Yoake no Ryodan)
Tatsuya Kaneda (Ayakashidō no Hōrai)
Makoto Raiku
Hiroshi Fukuda (Mushibugyō, 5-fungo no Sekai, Rock Is a Lady's Modesty)
