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Kazuo Umezu
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<h2 id="life-and-career">Life and career</h2> <h3>Early life and career</h3> <p>Umezu was born on September 3, 1936,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> in <a href="/facts/Mount_K%25C5%258Dya/FvLLgPaR">Kōya</a>, <a href="/facts/Wakayama_Prefecture/Yj39Rrxo">Wakayama Prefecture</a>, but raised in the mountainous <a href="/facts/Goj%25C5%258D%2c_Nara/SRsJCWtn">Gojō</a>, <a href="/facts/Nara_Prefecture/o2bmD2pH">Nara Prefecture</a>. His mother motivated him to start drawing when he was seven years old.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> His father would tell him local legends about ghost and snake women before going to bed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> He was inspired to start drawing manga by reading <a href="/facts/Osamu_Tezuka/gAwFoIrP">Osamu Tezuka</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Shin_Takarajima_(manga)/1sjdNkHA">Shin Takarajima</a></i> in fifth grade.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> He was part of a drawing circle with others called "Kaiman Club".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>In 1955, he published his first manga at the age of 18 with <i>Mori no Kyōdai</i> based on the fairytale <a href="/facts/Hansel_and_Gretel/nsLhwLGp">Hansel and Gretel</a> with the <a href="/facts/Kashihon/b4jDlGvJ">kashihon</a> publisher Tomo Book.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> He would soon shift towards the <a href="/facts/Gekiga/gBRGdKHa">gekiga</a> movement and publish manga in the <a href="/facts/Kashi-hon/b4jDlGvJ">kashi-hon</a> industry in <a href="/facts/Osaka/sbS1N7sl">Osaka</a> of the time, which would allow him more freedom than serializing his manga in magazines. His specialty was to include <a href="/facts/Paranormal/0BeTVPJC">paranormal</a> elements in his stories.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> At the same time, he also started working on <a href="/facts/Sh%25C5%258Djo_manga/ok8JP9lI"><i>shōjo</i> manga</a>; he published in the magazine <i>Shōjo Book</i> and the kashi-hon anthology Niji.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h3>Breakthrough in the 1960s and 1970s</h3> <p>After moving to <a href="/facts/Tokyo/GTvuw4ct">Tokyo</a> in 1963 due to the decline of the kashihon industry,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> he developed his specific style, which blended the aesthetics of <i>shōjo</i> manga with grotesque horror visuals and broke with conventions of <i>shōjo</i> manga at the time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> Horror manga like <i>Nekome no Shōjo</i> and <i><a href="/facts/Reptilia_(manga)/nMPjqvT5">Reptilia</a></i> became a hit in the commercial <i>shōjo</i> manga magazine <i><a href="/facts/Sh%25C5%258Djo_Friend/KREqBXuF">Shōjo Friend</a></i> in the mid 1960s.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> </p><p>In the late 1960s, he also started publishing in <a href="/facts/Sh%25C5%258Dnen_manga/cpvPW9Fe"><i>shōnen</i> manga</a> magazines and he switched publishing houses, from <a href="/facts/Kodansha/7BpEWLbH">Kodansha</a> to <a href="/facts/Shogakukan/kpsvF0Y7">Shogakukan</a>, when a new editor asked him to draw something other than horror manga.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> He became a well established author and was at times working at up to five serials at the same time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> In 1974 he won the 20th <a href="/facts/Shogakukan_Manga_Award/Xhz6Kdng">Shogakukan Manga Award</a> for his series <i><a href="/facts/The_Drifting_Classroom/AboXsV1y">The Drifting Classroom</a></i> about a school including its schoolchildren and teachers being teleported into an alternate post-apocalyptic universe.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p><p>In 1975, Umezu started becoming a public figure also apart from creating manga. He recorded songs based on his horror manga and released them as the solo album <i>Yami no Album</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> </p><p>His comedy manga <i><a href="/facts/Makoto-chan/gf2GuPb5">Makoto-chan</a></i>, which he published from 1976 to 1981 in <i><a href="/facts/Weekly_Sh%25C5%258Dnen_Sunday/9Ml0eIst">Weekly Shōnen Sunday</a></i>, became a hit. The hand gesture "Gwash" from the manga became Umezu's own trademark hand gesture as well in public.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> </p> <h3>Late career</h3> <p>In the 1980s and 1990s, he focused on <a href="/facts/Science_fiction/d9hE2Lwt">science fiction</a> manga depicting a near future like <i><a href="/facts/My_Name_Is_Shingo/1JsYQNYF">My Name Is Shingo</a></i> and <a href="/facts/Fourteen_(manga)/FMRCrEHW"><i>Fourteen</i></a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> </p><p>In 1995, he had to retire from regular publishing due to <a href="/facts/Tendinitis/ME5bVuKn">tendinitis</a> after finishing <i>Fourteen</i>. He then became even more of a public figure, appearing regularly on TV in a red and white striped shirt. He was also famous for the architecture of his candy-striped home in <a href="/facts/Kichij%25C5%258Dji/Tht7wWQp">Kichijōji</a>, inspired by his <i>Makoto-chan</i> series.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> In 2011, he released a second music album with his songs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> </p><p>In 2018 he was awarded the <a href="/facts/Angoul%25C3%25AAme_International_Comics_Festival_Prize_for_Inheritance/EoVapEBW">Prize for Inheritance</a> at the <a href="/facts/Angoul%25C3%25AAme_International_Comics_Festival/uvSNNpkP">Angoulême International Comics Festival</a> for the French translation of <i>My Name Is Shingo</i>. This was the second prize awarded to him throughout his career and Umezu had previously been unhappy about the amount of recognition he had gotten for his work. The award motivated him to start working again and he produced a series of 101 paintings based on <i>My Name Is Shingo</i>, which were exhibited for the first time in 2022 and were his first new work in 27 years.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> </p> <h3>Death</h3> <p>In July 2024, Umezu was hospitalized after collapsing at his home in <a href="/facts/Kichij%25C5%258Dji/Tht7wWQp">Kichijōji</a>, Tokyo. He was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer, but did not undergo surgery, remaining in <a href="/facts/Hospice/nTHkKhaz">hospice</a> care from September.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> On November 5, 2024, Shogakukan announced that Umezu died on October 28. He was 88. A private funeral was held by his family and close friends.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> Umezu was planning a new work prior to his death.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="style-and-themes">Style and themes</h2> <h3>Folklore and monsters</h3> <p>His work is influenced by Japanese folklore. Manga artist and critic <a href="/facts/Sakumi_Yoshino/5TvfVzbH">Sakumi Yoshino</a> explains that his horror manga is related to <a href="/facts/Religion_in_Japan/JN9qRso6">religion in Japan</a>, as monsters and demons are not considered completely evil, and Umezu wants readers to sometimes also feel compassion for the monsters in his works.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> </p> <h3>Intergenerational conflict</h3> <p>Many of his manga feature <a href="/facts/Intergenerational_conflict/WuE2hVwh">intergenerational conflict</a> between children and adults. Umezu initially focused on this topic as he found that relationships between mothers and children in <i>shōjo</i> manga in the early 1960s were portrayed only as caring, never as scary. His manga <i>Reptilia</i> depicts an intense conflict between a schoolgirl and her sick mother, who turns out to be a snake woman when she visits her in hospital. Manga scholar Tsuchiya Dollase compares this character with the <a href="/facts/Jungian_archetypes/S5pSQUzP">Jungian</a> "Terrible Mother".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> The children of the deserted school in <i>The Drifting Classroom</i> are immediately betrayed by their teachers and need to fight for their survival. In <i>My Name Is Shingo</i>, children are the only ones able to communicate with and have an emotional connection with an AI computer. Umezu explained that he himself finds the world of children more relatable, as children are much more open and adaptable to illogical thinking: "I’m writing about myself in a way. I don’t want to become an adult and 'grow up.'" </p> <h2 id="reception-and-legacy">Reception and legacy</h2> <p>His works inspired a new generation of horror manga artists. <a href="/facts/Junji_Ito/N3QVr3uz">Junji Ito</a>, Toru Yamazaki and <a href="/facts/Minetar%25C5%258D_Mochizuki/QlwFVYtB">Minetarō Mochizuki</a> cite him as one of their biggest influences<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/Kanako_Inuki/TLY0VNvF">Kanako Inuki</a> got her career start in a magazine compiled by him.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Rumiko_Takahashi/Uvv6InW9">Rumiko Takahashi</a> briefly worked as an assistant for him, while he was working on <i>Makoto-chan</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a> His reputation gave him the nickname "god of horror manga" (ホラーまんがの神様) in Japanese media.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a> </p><p>Umezu's manga broke with the norms of the commercial manga industry at the time that he started publishing in major magazines in the mid 1960s and created a boom around horror manga in the late 1960s. Tsuchiya Dollase writes: "The monstrous mothers must certainly have scared the audience; at the same time, however, the torture of the pretty but superficial heroines by these horrifying mothers must have given the same audience a certain pleasure."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a> </p><p>Umezu regularly received complaint letters from parents in the beginning of his career due to his horror visuals and also editors of magazines would ask him to scale down the violence in his imagery. He remarks in an interview: "I was protested but never boycotted. I considered such criticism to be a form of praise."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a> He was critical of watering down horror elements: "Old Japanese folk stories and fairy tales could be unflinchingly brutal. They come from a time when tragedy and carnage was an everyday part of life. Now we have people calling to water them down, which essentially whitewashes history. It’s insulting to the memory of those who suffered to bring us these stories."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a> </p><p>Besides his impact on the development of horror manga, scholar Tomoko Yamada counts Umezu as one of the <i>shōjo</i> manga artists in the 1950s who contributed to the development of <a href="/facts/Ballet/pumKP1WJ">ballet</a> manga with his series <i>Haha Yobu Koe</i> (1958) and <i>Maboroshi Shōjo</i> (1959).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a> </p><p>In 2019, Umezu received the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs award from the <a href="/facts/Agency_for_Cultural_Affairs/V8I5g7TV">Agency for Cultural Affairs</a>. It is an award for "individuals who have made distinguished accomplishment in artistic and cultural activities". It is rarely awarded to people in the manga industry.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="works">Works</h2> <h3>Manga</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Original title</th><th>English title</th><th>Year</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td><i>Mori no Kyōdai</i> (森の兄妹)</td><td><i>Siblings of the Forest</i></td><td>1955</td><td>published by Tomo Book<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i>Haha Yobu Koe</i> (母呼ぶこえ)</td><td></td><td>1958<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a></td><td>one-shot in <i>Shōjo Book</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Ningyō Shōjo</i> (人形少女)</td><td></td><td>1959</td><td>published by Tōhō Mangasha</td></tr><tr><td><i>Maboroshi Shōjo</i> (まぼろし少女)</td><td></td><td>1959<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a></td><td>serialized in <i>Niji</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Romansu no Kusuri</i> (ロマンスの薬)</td><td><i>Romance Medicine</i></td><td>1962</td><td>serialized in <i><a href="/facts/Nakayoshi/UPXxdVoR">Nakayoshi</a></i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Yamabiko Shimai</i> (山びこ姉妹)</td><td></td><td>1964<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a></td><td>serialized in <i>Niji</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Nemuri Shōjo</i> (ねむり少女)</td><td></td><td>1964</td><td>published by Tōkyō Mangasha</td></tr><tr><td><i>Hebi Obasan</i> (へびおばさん)</td><td></td><td>1964<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i>Mama ga Kowai</i> (ママがこわい)</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Reptilia_(manga)/nMPjqvT5">Scared of Mama</a></i></td><td>1965<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a></td><td>serialized in <i><a href="/facts/Sh%25C5%258Djo_Friend/KREqBXuF">Shōjo Friend</a></i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Madara no Shōjo</i> (まだらの少女)</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Reptilia_(manga)/nMPjqvT5">The Spotted Girl</a></i></td><td>1965</td><td>serialized in <i>Shōjo Friend</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Benigumo</i> (紅グモ)</td><td><i>Red Spider</i></td><td>1965–1966<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a></td><td>serialized in <i>Shōjo Friend</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Hangyojin</i> (半魚人)</td><td><i>Half-Fish Man</i></td><td>1965</td><td>serialized in <i><a href="/facts/Sh%25C5%258Dnen_Magazine/lo7oosCL">Shōnen Magazine</a></i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Hibiware Ningen</i> (ひびわれ人間)</td><td><i>Cracked Human</i></td><td>1966</td><td>serialized in <i>Shōnen Magazine</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Hebi Shōjo</i> (へび少女)</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Reptilia_(manga)/nMPjqvT5">Reptilia</a></i></td><td>1966</td><td>serialized in <i>Shōjo Friend</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Urutoraman</i> (ウルトラマン)</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Ultraman_(1966_TV_series)/jDK9In2u">Ultraman</a></i></td><td>1966–1967</td><td>serialized in <i>Shōnen Magazine</i></td></tr><tr><td><i><i>Nekome no Shōjo</i></i> (ねこ目の少女)</td><td><i>Cat Eyed Girl</i></td><td>1967</td><td>serialized in <i>Shōjo Friend</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Nekome Kozō</i> (猫目小僧)</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Cat_Eyed_Boy/aamFCX6I">Cat Eyed Boy</a></i></td><td>1967–19681968–19691976</td><td>serialized in <i>Shōnen Gaho</i>serialized in <i>Shōnen King</i>serialized in <i><a href="/facts/Weekly_Sh%25C5%258Dnen_Sunday/9Ml0eIst">Weekly Shōnen Sunday</a></i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Akanbo Shōjo</i> (赤んぼ少女)</td><td><i>Baby Girl</i></td><td>1967</td><td>serialized in <i>Shōjo Friend</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Shisha no Kōshin</i> (死者の行進)</td><td><i>March of the Dead</i></td><td>1967</td><td>serialized in <i>Shōnen Magazine</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>SF Ishoku Tampenshū</i> (SF異色短編集)</td><td></td><td>1968–1969</td><td>serialized in <i><a href="/facts/Big_Comic/5QRw8TEp">Big Comic</a></i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Kage</i> (映像)</td><td></td><td>1968</td><td>serialized in <i>Teen Look</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Chō no Haka</i> (蝶の墓)</td><td><i>Butterfly Grave</i></td><td>1968</td><td>serialized in <i>Teen Look</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Osore</i> (おそれ)</td><td><i>Fear</i></td><td>1969</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i>Orochi</i> (おろち)</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Orochi_(manga)/WqqyocfV">Orochi</a></i></td><td>1969–1970</td><td>serialized in <i><a href="/facts/Weekly_Sh%25C5%258Dnen_Sunday/9Ml0eIst">Weekly Shōnen Sunday</a></i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Iara</i> (イアラ)</td><td></td><td>1970</td><td>serialized in <i>Big Comic</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Kaijū Gyō</i> (怪獣ギョー)</td><td></td><td>1971</td><td>serialized in <i>Teen Look</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Agein</i> (アゲイン)</td><td><i>Again</i></td><td>1971–1972</td><td>serialized in <i>Weekly Shōnen Sunday</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Hyōryū Kyōshitsu</i> (漂流教室)</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Drifting_Classroom/AboXsV1y">The Drifting Classroom</a></i></td><td>1972–1974</td><td>serialized in <i>Weekly Shōnen Sunday</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Senrei</i> (洗礼)</td><td><i>Baptism</i></td><td>1974–1976</td><td>serialized in <i><a href="/facts/Sh%25C5%258Djo_Comic/5DPsHxeV">Shōjo Comic</a></i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Makoto-chan</i> (まことちゃん)</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Makoto-chan/gf2GuPb5">Makoto-chan</a></i></td><td>1976–1981</td><td>serialized in <i>Weekly Shōnen Sunday</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Watashi wa Shingo</i> (わたしは真悟)</td><td><i><a href="/facts/My_Name_Is_Shingo/1JsYQNYF">My Name Is Shingo</a></i></td><td>1982–1986</td><td>serialized in <i><a href="/facts/Big_Comic_Spirits/xUaRp7y8">Big Comic Spirits</a></i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Kami no Hidarite Akuma no Migite</i> (神の左手悪魔の右手)</td><td><i><a href="/facts/God%2527s_Left_Hand%2c_Devil%2527s_Right_Hand/MFy9x8zM">God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand</a></i></td><td>1986–1988</td><td>serialized in <i>Big Comic Spirits</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Chō! Makoto-chan</i> (超!まことちゃん)</td><td></td><td>1988–1989</td><td>serialized in <i>Weekly Shōnen Sunday</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Fōtīn</i> (14歳)</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Fourteen_(manga)/FMRCrEHW">Fourteen</a></i></td><td>1990–1995</td><td>serialized in <i>Big Comic Spirits</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Paintings</h3> <ul><li><i>Zoku-Shingo: Little Robot Shingo</i> (Zoku-Shingo小さなロボット シンゴ美術館, <i>Zoku-Shingo Chiisa na Robotto Shingo Bijutsukan</i>) <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a></li> <li><i>Cave Queen Java</i> (Java洞窟の女王, <i>Jawa Dōkutsu no Joō</i>) <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Films</h3> <ul><li><i>Nekome Kozo</i> (anime television series)</li> <li><i>Drifting Classroom</i> (movie)</li> <li><i>Blood Baptism</i> (movie)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Drifting_School/msm5Xugg">Drifting School</a></i> (movie)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Long_Love_Letter/VK4T4DVh">Long Love Letter: Drifting Classroom</a></i> (TV drama)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Kazuo_Umezu%2527s_Horror_Theater/FxzaoPcJ">Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater</a></i> (6-part TV anthology)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Snake_Girl_and_the_Silver-Haired_Witch/mytCdegF">The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch</a></i> ("Hebimusume to hakuhatsuma", 蛇娘と白髪魔) (1968) (Daiei/Kadokawa Pictures)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Tamami%3a_The_Baby%2527s_Curse/I8lUmoEY">Tamami: The Baby's Curse</a></i> (film)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Mother_(2014_film)/71oY97Nm">Mother</a></i> (film) (director)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Albums</h3> <ul><li><i>Yami no Album</i> (闇のアルバム; 1975)</li> <li><i>Yami no Album 2</i> (闇のアルバム・2; 2011)</li></ul> <h3>Video games</h3> <ul><li><i>Umezma</i> (ウメズマ; 1996)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56"><sup>56</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Musicals</h3> <p>In 2016, his manga <i>My Name Is Shingo</i> was adapted into a musical. It stars <a href="/facts/Mitsuki_Takahata/n5YgToAc">Mitsuki Takahata</a> and <a href="/facts/Mugi_Kadowaki/sD5J4KBf">Mugi Kadowaki</a> as the lead characters and is <a href="/facts/Theatre_director/FkptGJzw">directed</a> and <a href="/facts/Choreography/D1KQJk1R">choreographed</a> by <a href="/facts/Philippe_Decoufl%25C3%25A9/rok5IdCI">Philippe Decouflé</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57"><sup>57</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="assistants">Assistants</h2> <ul><li>Noboru Takahashi</li> <li>Robin Nishi</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rumiko_Takahashi/Uvv6InW9">Rumiko Takahashi</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikiquote has quotations related to <i>Kazuo Umezu</i>. <ul><li><a href="http://umezz.com">Official website</a> (Japanese/English/German)</li> <li><a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=36203">Kazuo Umezu</a> at <a href="/facts/Anime_News_Network/fEL6hKHM">Anime News Network</a>'s encyclopedia</li> <li><a href="http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au2014.html">Profile</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190219183043/http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au2014.html">Archived</a> February 19, 2019, at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a> at The Ultimate Manga Page</li> <li><a href="http://lambiek.net/artists/u/umezu_kazuo.htm">Profile</a> at The <a href="/facts/Lambiek/gJPVqxH7">Lambiek</a> Comiclopedia</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170113020603/http://www.watashingo.com/"><i>My Name Is Shingo</i></a>, the Musical</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Arakane, Ryosuke (October 11, 2022). 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