Known For Writing
Popular 6.493
Birthday
1963-07-31
Place of Birth Sakashita, Gifu, Japan
Also Known As
- Itō Junji
- Junji Itou
- Junji Itō
- Itou Junji
- Ito Junji
- 伊藤潤二
Junji Ito
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."
