Kei Aoyama

Japanese manga artist

Kei Aoyama

青山 景

Born| (1979-09-26)September 26, 1979
Japan
Died| October 2011(2011-10-00) (aged 32)
Komae, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality| Japanese
Area(s)| Manga artist

Notable works

* Swweeet
* Yoiko no Mokushiroku [ja]

Awards| 1st Ikiman [ja] (2003)

Kei Aoyama (青山 景, Aoyama Kei, September 26, 1979[1] – October 2011) was a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from the Department of Visual Communication Design at Musashino Art University.[2] He made his professional debut in 2003 with the one-shot "Chaban Geki", winning Monthly Ikki magazine's Ikiman award for rookie artists.[3] On October 9, 2011, an employee of Aoyama's publisher Kodansha called the police because they had not been able to contact him for several days. The police broke into Aoyama's Tokyo apartment and found him dead in a suicide by hanging.[4][5] Two days later on October 11, 2011, Kodansha published the last completed chapter of his manga series Yoiko no Mokushiroku in Evening magazine.[3] On February 23, 2012, Shogakukan released a collection of Aoyama's early works titled The Dog Race: Aoyama Kei Shoki Sakuhin-shū (THE DOG RACE 青山景初期作品集). The volume contains eight one-shots, including Aoyama's university graduation project and several previously unreleased manga.[6]

## Works

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### One-shots

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* "Chaban Geki" (Monthly Ikki May 2003, Shogakukan)[3]
* "Drip" (Monthly Ikki October 2003, Shogakukan)
* "Pikōn!" (Monthly Ikki August 2004, Shogakukan)[7]

### Serializations

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* Swweeet (Monthly Ikki April 2005 – June 2006, Shogakukan)
* Strobe Light [ja] (Continue Vols. 33–43, 45–46, Ohta Publishing)
* China Girl [ja] (script by Rei Hanagata, Big Comic 2009 No. 3–11, Shogakukan)
* Yoiko no Mokushiroku [ja] (Evening 2010 No. 18 – 2011 No. 21, Kodansha)[8][3]

### Anthologies

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* Pikōn! (February 27, 2007, Shogakukan)[9]
* collects "Pikōn!" and "School Attack Syndrome", both adapted from works of the same name by Ōtarō Maijō
* The Dog Race: Aoyama Kei Shoki Sakuhin-shū (February 23, 2012, Shogakukan)[10]
* collects "Fake Fur", "Untitled", "Kuroi UFO", "Kuroi UFO '05", "Ririkachua", "The Dog Race", "Drip", and "Chaban Geki"

## References

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1. ^ Gendai Bukkosha Jiten 2009–2011 現代物故者事典 2009～2011 (in Japanese). Nichigai Associates. March 2012. p. 6\. ISBN 978-4-8169-2357-9.
2. ^ 卒業生の活躍. Musashino Art University Department of Visual Communication Design (in Japanese). Retrieved August 14, 2020.
3. ^ a b c d 「よいこの黙示録」「SWWEEET」の青山景が逝去、32歳. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). October 12, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
4. ^ 「よいこの黙示録」漫画家の青山景さんが首つり死亡 ツイッターに自殺ほのめかす. MSN Sankei News (in Japanese). October 12, 2011. Archived from the original on October 12, 2011.
5. ^ Loo, Egan (October 12, 2011). "Manga Creator Kei Aoyama Passes Away at 32". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
6. ^ 急逝した青山景の作品集＆「よいこの黙示録」2巻同時発売. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). February 23, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
7. ^ 月刊IKKI 2004年. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
8. ^ 「ストロボライト」青山景、イブニング新連載は教師もの. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). August 24, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
9. ^ ピコーン!. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
10. ^ "The Dog Race". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 14, 2020.

## External links

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* Anime and Manga portal

* Kei Aoyama at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Japan
* Korea

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