- Shuichi Shigeno
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name = Shuichi Shigeno
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occupation = Manga author
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March 8 ,1958 is a Japanese manga author famous for theanime andmanga "Initial D ". Shigeno has also created "Bari Bari Densetsu ", "Dopkan", and "Tunnel Nuketara Sky Blue" ("First Love in Summer") all prior to the manga that would make him famous in 1995.Fact|date=December 2007 In 1985, he received theKodansha Manga Award forshōnen for "Bari Bari Densetsu".cite web | url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml | author=Joel Hahn | title=Kodansha Manga Awards | work=Comic Book Awards Almanac | accessdate=2007-08-21]He owns a 1980s Toyota Sprinter Trueno with a panda white color scheme, like his manga's main character Takumi. He also owns a Steel Blue Mica-colored 1999 WRX Type STi Version 5 with a STi sports bumper (a part from the STi sport catalogue made to look like the 22B STi bumper but fits non-wide body Imprezas) just like the main character's father, Bunta. One of his notable students is Jyoji Morikawa, creator of [Hajime no Ippo]
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* [http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au1713.html Profile at The Ultimate Manga Pages]
* [http://www.shigeno.page.tl The TAFL.org approved fanlisting for Shuichi Shigeno!]
* [http://www.go2id.net Initial D world]
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