Yoshihiro Takahashi


Yoshihiro Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. He writes under a pen name in which his first name Yoshihiro is spelled out in hiragana.
Takahashi was born on September 18th, 1953, in Higashinaruse, Akita, a village in the Tōhoku region of Japan. He was very interested in drawing coming of age-related themes and, in the 1960s, started publishing small comics in several newspapers and magazines. His first manga was Shitamachi Benkei, published in 1971, but his breakthrough came in 1984 when he published the popular manga Silver Fang, a story following a young Akita puppy, who goes in search of other dogs to fight the bear haunting his hometown. He got the idea in 1980, after reading an article about domestic dogs that ran away from their owners and lived as wild dogs in the mountains. The pure idea fascinated him, which eventually led him to create the aforementioned manga. In 1987, the series won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga.
Takahashi started to publish Silver Fang's sequel, Weed, in 1999, and it soon became a hit as well, after the airing of the anime adaptation on September 17th, 2005. He has been touted as the first manga artist to draw manga featuring a puppy as the hero of the story.
Takahashi was the guest of honour at the Finnish role-playing and anime fan convention Tracon, which took place from the 3rd to the 4th of September, 2011, in Tampere. It was his first visit to Finland, and most likely his first time being a guest of honour outside Japan. He visited Finland for the second time in 2012, participating in the Animecon event in Kuopio. He also had a fan meeting, autograph sessions and interviews in Helsinki and Oulu. Third time he visited Finland in 2023, and his visit was organized by Yokote Masuda Manga Museum. He held autograph sessions from 15th to 19th September in Kamppi Center, Helsinki, and there was also an art exhibition of his works in Muji's Kamppi store. He visited Finland the fourth time in July 2025, as a guest of honour at the anime fan convention Animecon World in Jyväskylä.

Manga

  • Genkotsu Boy
  • Akutare Kyojin Also known as Rowdyism Giant
  • Shiroi Senshi Yamato
  • Otoko no Tabidachi
  • Aozora Fishing
  • Tosaō
  • Sho to Daichi
  • Silver Fang Also known as Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin
  • Kacchū no Senshi Gamu
  • Great Horse
  • Ama Kakeru Toki
  • Byakuren no Fangu
  • Takahashi Yoshihiro no Inu to Kurashitai
  • Shōnen to Inu Re-issued in 1996 under the name Ginga no Inutachi Remix
  • Kotō no Bōkensha
  • Kyōko no Shura Serialized in the Champion Jack manga magazine
  • FANG
  • Kandō Ō Retsuden 2
  • Ichi Geki
  • Weed Also known as Ginga Densetsu Weed and Ginga Legend Weed
  • Ginga Densetsu Riki
  • Ginga Seiken Densetsu Meteor Gin A databook of Silver Fang
  • Lassie
  • Taishi - Haruka Naru Michi
  • Boku no Inu, Boku no Weed
  • Ginga Densetsu Weed Gaiden
  • Drunk!
  • Ginga Densetsu Weed Gengashū An artbook of Weed
  • Ginga Densetsu Weed Meishōbu Retsuden A databook of Weed
  • Ginga Nagareboshi Gin Shin Gaiden
  • Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion
  • Ginga Nagareboshi Gin Shin Gaiden 2
  • Ginga Densetsu Anju to Jirōmaru Serialized in Bessatsu Manga Goraku
  • Ginga Densetsu Akame
  • Ginga: The Last Wars
  • Ginga Densetsu Noah
  • Densetsu Hozon No Sho Ginga Yondai A history and data book of four generations of bear dogs
  • Giyū Isshin - Takahashi Yoshihiro Gagyō 50 Shūnen Kinenten - Tenjikai Zoroku Takahashi's 50th anniversary commemorative exhibition catalog
  • Ginga Shōnen Densetsu: Dog Days - Roku to Boku no Ichiban Atsukatta Hibi
  • ''Ginga Densetsu: Requiem''

Short stories

  • Ore no Alps Published in the Weekly Shōnen Jump manga magazine
  • Abare Jirō Published in the Bessatsu Shōnen Jump manga magazine under the pen name Jun Takamiya
  • BOXER Published under the pen name Jun Takamiya
  • Shitamachi Benkei Included as an extra story in Genkotsu Boy vol. 4
  • Tosaō Included in a compilation book of the same name
  • Revenger Included in the Tosaō story compilation
  • Fires Funsensu Included in the Tosaō story compilation
  • Rō Ō Included in the Tosaō story compilation
  • Wild Adventure Included in Aozora Fishing vol. 5
  • Jaguar Published in the Weekly Shōnen Jump Spring Special manga magazine
  • Moon Kid Included as an extra story in Shiroi Senshi Yamato's 1st publication's vol. 26 and in 2nd publication's vol. 14
  • Aishi no Dino Included as an extra story in Kacchū no Senshi Gamu's first publication's vol. 2
  • Hanako to Kurasu Included in Takahashi Yoshihiro no Inu to Kurashitai
  • Nagare Kenshi - Chizome No Seiken - Included as an extra story in Otoko no Tabidachi vol. 6
  • Saraba! Kita no Ōkami Included as an extra story in Otoko no Tabidachi vol. 6
  • Bear Hunter - Fubuki-gō A story about Yamato's father Fubuki, included as an extra story in Ama Kakeru Toki vol. 2
  • Hakugin no Teiō A story about the characters of Shiroi Senshi Yamato, included as an extra story in Ama Kakeru Toki vol. 3
  • Black Cobra Included as an extra story in Ama Kakeru Toki vol. 3
  • Kubiwa - Shōnen to Inu Included in the Shōnen to Inu story compilation
  • Sensei no Inu Included in the Shōnen to Inu story compilation
  • Lead - Seinen to Inu Included in the Shōnen to Inu story compilation
  • Honō no Inu Included in the Shōnen to Inu story compilation
  • Obāsan no Inu Included in the Shōnen to Inu story compilation
  • Amígo · Ken Included in the Shōnen to Inu story compilation
  • Shiroi Yamainu Included in the Shōnen to Inu story compilation and in Silver Fang 5th publication's vol. 6
  • J. League no Kaze soccer manga, other details unknown
  • Goal! soccer manga, other details unknown
  • Furukawa Masaaki Monogatari - Kowareta Radio Published in the Weekly Shōnen Sunday manga magazine
  • Ashita e no Try Rugby manga, published in the Weekly Shōnen Sunday manga magazine
  • Kandō Ō Retsuden - Kawashima Hiroshi Monogatari Published in the Weekly Shōnen Sunday manga magazine
  • Kandō Ō Retsuden - Harada Masahiko Monogatari Published in the Weekly Shōnen Sunday manga magazine
  • Kandō Ō Retsuden - Abe Norifumi Monogatari Published in the Weekly Shōnen Sunday manga magazine
  • Alps Yamagoya Monogatari First of the stories in Kandō Ō Retsuden vol. 2
  • Michiba Rokusaburō Monogatari Second of the stories in Kandō Ō Retsuden vol. 2
  • VINTAGE HERO Published in the Auto Comic GT manga magazine
  • Grand Slam A baseball manga, published in the Comic Gotta manga magazine
  • Fureai Story - Yūta to Shiro Included in the book Boku no Inu, Boku no Weed
  • Wagaya no Mer Included in the book Boku no Inu, Boku no Weed
  • Yumemiru Senshitachi Included in the Ginga Densetsu Weed Gaiden story compilation
  • HANAKO Included in the Ginga Densetsu Weed Gaiden story compilation
  • Lonely Ron Two stories with the same name. The other is included in the Ginga Densetsu Weed Gaiden story compilation and the other in Ginga Nagareboshi Gin Shin Gaiden story compilation
  • Shion no Kaze Included in the Ginga Densetsu Weed Gaiden story compilation
  • Mer no Tabidachi Included in the Ginga Densetsu Weed Gaiden story compilation
  • Ganin Published in the Comic Jidai Katsugeki manga magazine
  • Kai no san kyōdai Published in the Business Jump manga magazine and included in the Ginga Nagareboshi Gin Shin Gaiden story compilation
  • Chōmon no Tabi Published in the Business Jump manga magazine and included in the Ginga Nagareboshi Gin Shin Gaiden story compilation
  • Karadaki no Tomon Published in the Business Jump manga magazine and included in the Ginga Nagareboshi Gin Shin Gaiden vol. 2 story compilation
  • Shin Gaiden Benizakura Hen Published in the Business Jump manga magazine and included in the Ginga Nagareboshi Gin Shin Gaiden vol. 2 story compilation
  • Namonaki Inu no Uta Published in the Business Jump manga magazine, dedicated to the Finnish Ginga fans
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