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Usamaru Furuya (古屋 兎丸, Furuya Usamaru, born January 25, 1968 in Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist.

Usamaru Furuya
Usamaru Furuya at Lucca Comics & Games 2015
Born	Furuya Usamaru 古屋 兎丸 (1968-01-25) January 25, 1968 (age 54) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Manga artist, illustrator
Nationality	Japanese
Notable works	Palepoli Short Cuts Lychee Light Club

Biography

During elementary school, Furuya enrolled in the Osamu Tezuka Manga Correspondence Course and by the time he reached high school he had discovered a darker, more underground style.

He graduated from Tama Art University, where he majored in oil painting and developed an interest in sculpting and Butoh dance.[1] During college his work evolved from figurative to eventually dealing more with abstract shapes.

In 1994, Furuya published his debut series Palepoli in Garo. After graduating from college, he initially planned to work as a full-time artist while doing illustrations on the side, but his manga became successful and his career blossomed.

Works

Manga

Title	Year	Notes	Refs
Palepoli (パレポリ)	1994-1995	Serialized in Garo Published in 1 vol. Excerpted in Viz's defunct Pulp magazine and in Secret Comics Japan, also from Viz.
Short Cuts (ショートカッツ)	1996-1999	Serialized in Weekly Young Sunday Published in 2 vol. Licensed in English by Viz	[2]
Wsamarus 2001	1998-1999	Serialied in Studio Voice Published in 1 vol.	[3]
Garden	2000	Short story collection with stories previously published in Comic Cue, Manga Erotics and Garo	[4]
Plastic Girl	2000	Short story collection
The Music of Marie (Marieの奏でる音楽, Marie no kanaderu ongaku)	2000-2001	Serialized in Comic Birz Published in 2 vol. Licensed in French by Casterman as La Musique de Marie, in English by One Peace Books as The Music of Marie	[5][6]
Suicide Circle (自殺サークル, Jisatsu Sākuru)	2002	Published in 1 vol. Licensed in French by Casterman as Le Cercle du Suicide
π (パイ)	2002-2005	Serialized in Big Comic Spirits Published in 9 vol.
Donki kōrin (鈍器降臨)	2004
Happiness (ハピネス)	2006	Short story collection
Lychee Light Club (ライチ☆光クラブ, Litchi☆Hikari Club)	2005-2006	Written by Norimizu Ameya Serialized in Manga Erotics F Published in 1 vol. Licensed in English by Vertical Inc as Lychee Light Club
Shōnen Shōjo Hyōryōki (少年少女漂流記)	2006	Based on a script by Otsuichi
51 Ways to Save Her (彼女を守る51の方法, Kanojo wo Mamoru 51 no Hōhō)	2006-2007	Serialized in Weekly Comic Bunch Published in 5 vol. Licensed in English by CMX but never published and in French by Marvel Panini France as Tokyo Magnitude 8 Loosely adapted into the anime series Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Innocents Shōnen Jūjigun [ja] (インノサン少年十字軍)	2008-2012	Serialized in Manga Erotics F Published in 3 vol.
Genkaku Picasso (幻覚ピカソ)	2008-2010	Serialized in Jump Square Published in 3 vol. Licensed in English by Viz as Genkaku Picasso
POP-kun (POPくん)	2008-2012
No Longer Human (人間失格, Ningen Shikkaku)	2009-2011	Adaptation of No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai Licensed in English by Vertical Inc as No Longer Human, in Italian by Planet Manga as Lo squalificato, and in French by Casterman as Je ne suis pas un homme.
Teiichi no Kuni (帝一の國)	2010-2016	Serialized in Jump SQ.19 and Jump Square Published in 14 vol.
Bokura no☆Hikari Club (ぼくらの☆ひかりクラブ)	2011-2012
Joshikōsei ni Korosaretai (女子高生に殺されたい)	2013-2016		[7]
Shōnen-tachi no Iru Tokoro (少年たちのいるところ)	2017
Amane†Gymnasium (アマネ†ギムナジウム)	2017-2020
Akihito Tennō Monogatari (明仁天皇物語)	2019	Based on a script by Issei Eifuku Published in 1 vol. by Shogakukan Lincensed in French by Vega as L'histoire de l'Empereur Akihito	[8]
Lunatic Circus (ルナティックサーカス)	2020

Illustrations

• Flowers

Films/plays

• ZOO (Screenplay, storyboards, character design)
• Noriko's Dinner Table (紀子の食卓) (Man in coffee shop)
• Ichiban kireina mizu (いちばんきれいな水) (Original work)
• Short Cuts (ショートカッツ) (Original work)
• Love Exposure (愛のむきだし) (Miyanishi)

References

External links

• (in Japanese) Usagi Hitori Club (Usamaru Furuya's Blog)
• (in English) Usamaru Furuya Unofficial Web Site, Tokyo

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