FUJIKO F. FUJIO

Fujio F.Fujiko 
(藤子・F・不二雄)

1/12/1933 - 23/9/1996

(Age 62)

Fujiko F. Fujio is one half of one of the most prolific comic writing team of Fujiko Fujio whose volume of works are probably only rivaled by the famous American comic writing team of (Stan) Lee, and (Jack) Kirby. 
Birth name Fujimoto Hiroshi, he met his future comic drawing partner Abiko Motoo when he was in fifth grade at an elementary school in his native Toyama. He was impressed by the intelligence and thorough nature of Abiko's story writing style even at that age, and started to draw comic together (although only as a hobby at the time) which continued for over the next 40 years.
In 1952 they made a comic titled "Tenshi no Tamachan" and two years later they moved to Tokyo to pursue their professional career. They were mentored briefly by the late Osamu.

In 1956 they formed Shin Manga-To with Fujio Akatsuka, and Ishinomori Shotaro (of Kamen Rider, Kikaida, and Cyborg 009 fame). They were a close knit group of comic writer friends back then who had similar backgrounds of leaving their birth place and coming to Tokyo to start their careers. In the late '50s and early '60s Abiko with Fujimoto mostly penned action adventure comics oriented towards pre-teen boys such as the "Big One", "Silver Cross", and "Umi no Ooji". In 1964 they co-authored "Obake no Q-taro" which later became an animated cartoon series which saw wide spread syndication all over the world including North America, and Hong Kong. They continued their prolific career in the '60s and the '70s by penning other cartoons which saw animated syndication such as Paa Man, Kaibutsu-Kun, and Doraemon. One of their works, Ninja Hattori-kun, became a TV series acted by real live actors.

In 1987 Fujimoto dissolved the partnership with Abiko, and for the first time in over 40 years, they decided to pursue their own careers with Fujimoto taking the pen name Fujiko F Fujio, and Abiko taking the pen name Fujiko Fujio (A). Fujimoto passed away in 1996 when he succumbed to liver failure.

Perman (パーマン) 

(1967–1968, 1983–1986)

21emon (21エモン) 

(1968)

Mojacko (モジャ公) 

(1969–1970)

Ume Boshi Denka (ウメ星デンカ) 

(1969)

Doraemon (ドラえもん)

(1970–1996)

Jungle Kurobe (ジャングル黒べえ)

(1973)

Kiteretsu Daihyakka (キテレツ大百科) 

(1974–1977)

Hitoribocchi no Uchū Sensō (ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争) 

(1975)

Bakeru-kun (バケルくん) 

(1976)

Esper Mami (エスパー真美) 

(1977–1982)

TP Bon (T・Pぼん) 

(1978)

Pokonyan (ポコニャン)

(1978)

Chinpui (チンプイ)

(1985, 1987–1988)

Fujio F. Fujiko 80th Anniversary

Tokyo Tower is celebrating the 80th anniversary of Hiroshi Fujimoto, 

better known as Fujiko F. Fujio, one half of the cartoonist duo Fujiko Fujio, 

who created the popular mechanical cat character Doraemon. 

The tower’s exhibition features some of Fujimoto’s most famous works, including Perman and Esper Mami. Original drafts of his cartoons, as well as black-and-white animations of his earlier works are on display and visitors can fully experience the artist’s creative world in a “4-D” projection theater, where they can take photos with their favorite characters.