Ikki Kajiwara, a Japanese mangaka known for Ashita no Joe, Star of the Giants, Karate Baka Ichidai, and Tiger Mask, was born in Fukuoka Prefecture.
Author, mangaka, film producer Ashita no Joe
Star of the Giants
Karate Baka Ichidai
Tiger Mask Asaki Takamori
(1936-09-04)September 4, 1936
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan Fukuoka (, Fukuoka-shi, pronounced [kokai) is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, situated on the northern shore of the Japanese island of Kyushu. Asaki Takamori ( , Takamori Asaki, September 4, 1936  January 21, 1987), known by the pen names Ikki Kajiwara ( , Kajiwara Ikki) and Asao Takamori ( , Takamori Asao), was a Japanese author, manga writer, and film producer. 
