Kengo Hanazawa

Kengo Hanazawa (花沢 健吾, Hanazawa Kengo; born January 5, 1974) is a Japanese manga artist, known for his seinen works. He won the Topic Award of the 2005 Sense of Gender Awards for Ressentiment^[1] and was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taisho for I Am a Hero.^[2][3][4] In 2013, I Am a Hero won the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category. I Am a Hero has received a live-action film adaptation, directed by Shinsuke Sato. His series Boys on the Run was also adapted into a live-action film in 2010.^[5] He formerly worked as Osamu Uoto's assistant.

Kengo Hanazawa 花沢 健吾
Born	(1974-01-05) January 5, 1974 (age 51) Hachinohe, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Manga artist
Notable works	I Am a Hero
www6.ocn.ne.jp/~hanaman/

Works

• Ressentiment (2004–2005, Big Comic Spirits, Shogakukan)
• Boys on the Run (2005–2008, Big Comic Spirits, Shogakukan)
• I Am a Hero (2009–2017, Big Comic Spirits, Shogakukan)
• Under Ninja (2018–present, Weekly Young Magazine, Kodansha)