Fukumoto Nobuyuki

Kaiji is visited by a godlike spirit that grants him the vast and versatile power of... knowing how to use a computer...!

The night before Kaiji's life spirals out of control, he finds a new friend in Bongo, the Kenyan exchange student with amazing eyesight!

Nikaidou Susumu, 35, has been unsuccessful in the professional test for 10 consecutive years, despite receiving support from his club. What awaits him in the future, as he is unable to give up the title of professional golfer, is either heaven or hell...

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It has been 20 years since the legendary mahjong player, Akagi, left this world. In this new era known as "Reiwa," a mahjong player who solves disputes with mahjong gambles has appeared, only known as "Yami-Mahjong Fighter Mamiya!"

Kaiji wins a one-on-one game of One Poker against Kazuya, the son of Hyoudou Kazutaka, the chairman of the Teiai Group, and comes away with a huge sum of money worth 2.4 billion yen. Will he be able to escape from Teiai's pursuers and take the 2.4 billion for himself? Together with Chang and Mario, Kaiji and his friends are on an unprecedented escape!

Commissioned as part of a 2014 government anti-drug program. Specifically, on synthetic marijuana.

After adding Chang and Mario, whose lives he saved in the Salvation Game, to his team, Kaiji arrives at the Teiai warehouse to face off with Kazuya, the son of Teiai Group Chairman Hyoudou. Kazuya begins to explain "One Poker," a gambling game where players play a single card on a machine called "Mother Sophie." Kaiji is stunned by Kazuya's proposal of "one bet of 200 million = one life." The ultimate death match, a gambling game that goes beyond the norm, is about to begin!

The man of legend has come back to life! Kurosawa, who led the homeless army in a fierce battle against a group of delinquents in The Legend of A Strongest Man Kurosawa, was thought to have gone to his eternal rest. After spending eight whole years in a hospital bed, he makes a miraculous comeback in 2013! The fabled man returns to the present life to create a new legend... in spite of the fact that the present life is not quite so great.

A collection of one-shot tributes to Akagi compiled for Akagi's 20th Anniversary. 36 different mangaka, including Jiro Maeda, the creator of HERO, come together to pay tribute to a very long-running manga series!

Zero is back! A few years after the test to become king, the unbeaten gambler, Ukai Zero, challenges the golfing student champion, Yuuki Kyousuke, to a game of golf for the sake of the old people who have nowhere else to go. When Kyousuke gets angry and tells him not to underestimate him, Zero, who has never even held a club before, declares that he is the one who will win...

Kaiji wins the anomalous two-player mahjong game "17 Steps" against the villainous president Muraoka, and gains a huge sum of 480 million yen! While the aftermath of that game is still fresh on everyone's minds, Kazuya, the son of Hyoudou Kazutaka, the chairman of the Teiai Group, offers him another game!

This series depicts the exploits of Ukai Zero, a brilliant boy who takes on the deadly gambles of the "test to become king." After creating a "Robin Hood rebellion" to help victims of bank transfer scams, Zero and his friends are accepted by Japan's richest man, Zaizen Muryou, to participate in the test to become king. But what awaits Zero is the ultimate gambling game where death is always around the corner!

Six months after the fight to the death with The Bog, Kaiji escapes from the underground and pays off his debts. Sakazaki gets fed up with Kaiji and tries to get rid of him by giving him 3 million yen as compensation. At that time, Kaiji is reunited with Miyoshi and Maeda, who were his friends in the underground, and they come up with a plan to swindle a large sum of money from Muraoka, the president of the underground casino where they work. Kaiji takes 3 million yen from Sakazaki, promising to pay it back, and plays a variant of mahjong called "17 Steps" invented by Muraoka.

In December 2002, Kurosawa, a construction work supervisor, becomes anxious over the fact that his life is not fulfilling enough, and realizes his desire to be popular. As he approaches his 44th birthday, he struggles to change his way of life.

In this suspense action story, junior high school student Kudou Gai is framed for the murder of an elderly wealthy man Hirata Ryuuhou, and fights to prove his innocence and escape from the horrific rehabilitation facility called the Human Academy.

After Tonegawa's downfall, Endou is handed a list of wretched debtors. In it was picture of Kaiji, an individual he could never forget! As Endou tries to find him, Kaiji appears and asks him to introduce him to gambling. However, Kaiji is secured on the spot and taken to a hellish forced labor facility...

Katagiri Yuuji is a divorced, single, lazy gambling addict whose only real activity is playing Pachinko. He does it well enough to get by, but his life is more or less empty… until a young girl named Miura Satomi appears, who is a big fan of his. A classic story by Fukumoto about Pachinko, attraction, and the thrill of gambling.

Sadness and pain, warmth of heart. Fathers and sons, teachers and students, men and women... People who are touched by warmth, overcome grief and heartbreak, and become adults—This is a collection of bona fide human dramas by Fukumoto Nobuyuki!

This is the story of what would have happened to Kaiji had he not taken Endou up on his deal to go to the Espoir.

After moving to Tokyo, Itou Kaiji is living a life of self-indulgence when one day he is forced by Endou, a financier, to pay off a debt he once co-signed. At Endou's invitation, Kaiji boards the gambling ship "Espoir," which offers debtors the chance to pay off their debts in full. The game is "Restricted Rock-Paper-Scissors" using 12 cards. If he wins, his debts are wiped out, but if he loses, his life is forfeit...

A man stands up against a systematized world where self-interest and pretense prevail. This is a human drama woven by Shintarou, a naive and clumsy man who lives by the "truth."

Morita Tetsuo, who has run out of money at a horse race, is approached by Hirai Ginji and offered a job with a daily wage of 100,000 yen. The next day, Morita carries ten boxes of oranges and is told by Hirai that the boxes contain one billion yen obtained from a fraudulent loan... This is a gambling story that depicts the exploits of men in the underworld who use their intellect and psychological warfare to amass huge fortunes.

Ginji is an aloof mahjong player who undertakes gambling matches with yakuza opponents and boasts of his unbeaten record. His true identity is that of a detective! What will happen in the game between Ginji, nicknamed "Lesser Emperor" who flies high in the autumn sky, and Shimura, the organization's rep player? The title story, "Ginyanma," as well as other stories by the genius Fukumoto Nobuyuki, are hardboiled romances about skilled mahjong players crawling in the underworld.

The year is 1958, in the midst of a period of rapid economic growth. One rainy night at a mahjong parlor, Nangou, who was challenging the yakuza to a life-threatening game, was gradually being pushed into a corner. Suddenly, a soaking wet boy walks into the parlor. Nangou senses something extraordinary in him, and asks the boy, who has never even held a mahjong tile before, to play in his place. This is when the legend began. The boy's name was Akagi Shigeru, later known as the "Man of the Divine Realm."

Jockey Tetsu is a man who lives by his own style. One day, he is charmed by a certain horse and follows it to the end. What Tetsu finds is a runaway horse on the verge of being killed by poison. Note: The 2004 and 2018 releases also include the 3-chapter story Unrepentant Samba.

A story of a boy genius, Tenma, who can manipulate all 136 tiles at will and never gives up on a game as long as there is even the slightest chance of winning. He brings together his courage, fighting spirit, and wisdom to create vivid and miraculous mahjong matches!

Ten is a friendly guy who happens to be good at Mahjong. Or, more appropriately, good at cheating at Mahjong. If someone is betting on a Mahjong game and ends up in a pinch, they call Ten to win for them. He always does, and because he understands how frustrating it is, always has the courtesy to give the people he cheats against a chance to beat him up. With his friends Hiroyuki, Ken, Akagi, and others, he eventually decides to take on something much bigger than cheating in small gambles.

A heartwarming human drama about a high school boy who lives with his sisters at a small guesthouse in Izu called "Harukaze" and interacts with people who visit the guesthouse for various reasons through mahjong and casual conversation.

Watanabe Yuuichi, also known as Pen, is a man who loves mahjong with all his heart. His innocent way of life makes everyone around him passionate, and they become his followers. This is a story of how Pen grows as a human being by getting involved with several people, including Yamazaki, a yakuza who notices that he enjoys playing mahjong even if he loses.

The homeroom teacher's nickname is Tsuutenkaku. As the name implies, he is very tall and popular throughout the school. He loves children and hates perverse adults. This is a human drama woven by such a teacher.Includes four-chapter baseball story "Strike it, Chuu" in the same volume.

A passionate story about a man who knows all the sorrows of life and still lives with boundless purity and endless enthusiasm. Although this is Fukumoto's early work, there are still glimpses of passionate Fukumoto principles.

Nobuyuki Fukumoto's very first work is about a rowdy, alcoholic high schooler who finds love in a childhood friend.Winner of the Outstanding New Author Award in the 7th Tetsuya Chiba Awards

The very first work ever published by renowned Gambling Mangaka Fukumoto Nobuyuki, written in 1980 when he was using the pseudonym "Fukumoto Tobi". This is the story of Mr. Adachi, an unconventional homeroom teacher, and his tribulations after meeting his new student teacher, Miss Shirayuri Asuka. (Note: Because nobody knew who he would become at the time, the only available scans on the internet are extremely poor and jaded. We have reconstructed it to the best of our ability, but short of redrawing every single line there is no way to perfectly revitalize it.)

A Crossover of Ah My Job-Hunting Goddess and Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa that was published in Weekly Young Magazine 2019 issue 44 and can be found in volume 1 of Ah My Job-Hunting Goddess.

The story is based on the earthquakes in Japan in 2011.

The monster of the west, Soga Mitsui, moves into a retirement home in search of a quiet life, but it turns out to be a casino-style retirement home where the pseudo-currency "Perica" is circulated!

Ichijou Seiya is a young prodigy who is the manager of the Teiai underground casino and the creator of the diabolical pachinko machine "The Bog." Before his fight to the death with his nemesis, Itou Kaiji, he had a smoldering youth and was unable to make anything of himself. The story is set in Ooyama, Itabashi, Tokyo, a "bog" that has swallowed up all the dreams, hopes, and despairs of young people, and is about the ambitions and difficulties of freelancer Ichijou and his younger colleague Murakami who move into the capital and live in a tiny apartment.

Nakane, a young company employee who was haphazardly going about his daily life, or doing his job, found a world that excited his soul! That being social media! The social networking battle for likes is on!

At a certain prison under the surface, the "bottom of the bottom" that is the Teiai Underground Labor Facility, there is a man who uses his "one-day outing passes" to go above ground and enjoy all the luxuries of life while living in the poor conditions of the underground. His name is Ootsuki, and he is the leader of Squad E and a master of enjoying himself all day long with eating, drinking, and having a great time.

One day, executive Tonegawa Yukio was ordered by Hyoudou Kazutaka, the chairman of the Teiai Group, to plan a "game of death" for the debtors! What awaited Tonegawa, who immediately held a planning meeting, was suffering, agony, and despair! The diabolical spin-off, depicting Tonegawa's anguish between the chairman and the blacksuits, starts now!

In the suburbs of M City, a town full of people with unusual personalities, all kinds of extraordinary slapstick incidents are taking place on a daily basis. Gambler Itou Kaiji lives as a NEET and is treated as a useless member of society by the people around him, but he is unable to reform. In the meantime, Akagi Shigeru (13), Akagi Shigeru (19), and Akagi Shigeru (Man of the Divine Realm) are living as part of the Akagi residence and causing trouble around them. In addition, the old villains including Hyoudou Kazutaka and Washizu Iwao are enjoying shady events at the retirement home Espoir, while Hirai Ginji, the head of the neighborhood association, is scheming to make money, and genius boy Ukai Zero has confrontations with Shirube at the arcades.

The second installment of the Washizu series about Washizu Iwao, Akagi Shigeru's strongest rival. A few years after Enma no Touhai, Washizu has grown Kyousei into one of Japan's leading companies and declares at a party of political and business leaders that it is him who will control the country in the future. Naturally, those who don't take kindly to Washizu's attitude regard him as a political enemy, and begin their move to crush him behind the scenes…

A mook book that celebrates Tetsuya Chiba's then 55 year long career, with various interviews, galleries, a previously unpublished one-shot of Chiba's made before his debut, discussions and articles on all of his famous manga and contributions from various mangaka. They are as follows: Fujiko Fujio A Shinji Mizushima Takao Saito Moto Hagio Hiroshi Motomiya Hisashi Eguchi Takehiko Inoue Kenshi Hirokane Jun Hatanaka Kenji Morita Kenichi Kitami Hiroshi Kurotetsu Yu Koyama Mitsuru Adachi Hirohiko Araki - A one-shot based on his experience with Tetsuya Chiba's manga series "I'm Teppei" as a child. Rumiko Takahashi Yoichi Takahashi Interview with two great respecters: Katsuhiro Otomo: "Chiba's works were my textbooks." Nobuyuki Fukumoto: "My youth was the Tetsuya Chiba Award." Tetsuya Chiba Photo Gallery Attic Workroom, Rikiishi Toru's Funeral, Akio Chiba's Writing Scene The Workroom in the 1980s," "Family Photos" and other rare images! The manga that Tetsuya Chiba made when he was 15 years old, "The Rise of Dr. Science!" All in one volume! Family Forms \[Siblings] Tetsuya Chiba talks about the true face of his younger brother, Akio Chiba. \[Parent-child dialogue] Tetsuya Chiba and Shuhei Chiba \[Married Couple] Sachiko Chiba, Wife Manga not included in the book "Ieji: The Road Home, 1945-2003" Special Contribution Atsuko Takamori "About Tetsuya Chiba and Ashita no Joe Shizuka Ijuin "The Man I Admire The only 14 handwritten original manuscripts left by Ikki Kajiwara! 〜Tetsuya Chiba, Artist of "Tomorrow's Joe" (Commentary by Fusanosuke Natsume) Special Talk: Tetsuya Chiba and Sho Hakuho Tetsuya Chiba and Monkey Punch TOMORROW'S JOE" as a basic education of Manga 〜Why are there so many parodies of "Tomorrow's Joe"? 〜Sho 2 Tetsuya Chiba and Monkey Punch Tetsuya Chiba's 40 major works, 1956-2008 Tetsuya Chiba: A List of All Works

A Ten spin-off series in which Igawa Hiroyuki, struck by the will of the genius mahjong player Akagi, quits his job and plunges into the world of mahjong. On a visit to Akagi's grave, Hiroyuki meets the legendary Ten, the boss of the East-West tournament, and challenges him to a mahjong match to settle the score...

A spin-off of Akagi that depicts the charismatic exploits of Washizu Iwao, Akagi Shigeru's ultimate enemy, in his younger days. In 1948, under the American occupation of Japan, Washizu is undefeated in high-rate mahjong games against American commissioned officers. Eventually, they hire a cheater as a rep player, who has a grudge against the Special Higher Police, to play in their place to counter Washizu, who has a terrifying brain and used to belong to the Special Higher Police...

Asai and Ishikura, both alumni of J University's mountaineering club, are stranded at 3,200 meters on Mt. Owari. Ishikura, who was prepared to die due to an accident, confesses to the "murder" he committed in the past. At that moment, however, a mountain lodge appears in front of them, and the two survive for a time...

Takeda, who lost his wife several years ago and discovered that his own body was suffering from cancer, was despairing of his life. On the verge of committing suicide, he receives a phone call from the police. It was about his daughter Sawako, who had gone missing 14 years ago, and was found dead. With the statute of limitations fast approaching and the police having given up on this case, Takeda decides to put his remaining life on the line and find the culprit.