1967年東京都出身。
1984年に渡伊。国立フィレンツェ・アカデミア美術学院で、油絵と美術史を専攻。
1997年より漫画家として活動『テルマエ・ロマエ』で第3回マンガ大賞、第14回手塚治虫文化賞短編賞受賞。

著書に『国境のない生き方』（小学館）、『男性論』『ヴィオラ母さん』（文春新書）『パスタ嫌い』（新潮社）『スティーブ・ジョブズ』（講談社）『プリニウス』（とり・みきと共作　新潮社）『オリンピアキュクロス』（集英社）など多数。
エジプト、シリア、ポルトガル、米国を経て現在はイタリアと日本に拠点を置く。

平成27年度芸術選奨文部科学大臣賞受賞。
平成29年イタリア共和国星勲章コメンダトーレ綬章。
東京造形大学客員教授

趣味：昆虫採集・飼育、南米文学と南米音楽、温泉巡り


Mari Yamazaki was born in Tokyo in 1967. She moved to Italy at a young age, in1984, to attend the National Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, where she studied art history and oil painting. She debuted as a manga artist in 1997. Between 2003 and 2013 she lived in Syria, Portugal and the United States. She has been based afterwards in Italy and Japan.

In 2010 she won the third edition of the Taisho Manga Award with “Thermae Romae”. In 2015 she won the Tezuka Osamu award as well as the New Face award by the Japanese Ministry of Education; by the same Ministry she received the 2015 Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award. In 2017 she was conferred by Italy’s President of the Republic the rank of Commander of the Order of the Star of Italy (Ordine della Stella d’Italia).

Her recently publications are: "Life without Borders" (Shogakukan), "Viola Mother" (Bunshu Shinsho), "Steve Jobs" (Kodansha, based on "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson), "Gli Artigiani", "Plinius" (Shinchosha, co-written with Miki Tori), and ”Olympia Cucross" (Shueisha). In 2022 her manga “Thermae Romae” was made by Netflix into an animated series released worldwide.

She is Visiting Professor at Tokyo Zokei University.

多摩大学社会的投資研究所教授・副所長、一般社団法人100年企業戦略研究所所長。
東京大学法学部卒業、ハーバード大学法律大学院修士課程修了。1984年日本興業銀行（現みずほ銀行）入行。興銀証券（現みずほ証券）、ゴールドマンサックス証券、森ビル・インベストメントマネジメント社長、森ビル取締役専務執行役員兼最高財務責任者（CFO）を経て、現在は、ボルテックス取締役会長、アジアソサエティ・ジャパンセンター理事・アート委員会共同委員長、川村文化芸術振興財団理事、ダイアローグ・ジャパン・ソサエティ理事、社会変革推進財団評議員、READYFOR財団評議員、田村学園理事・評議員、麻布学園評議員、経済同友会幹事、書評サイトHONZレビュアーなどを務める傍ら、資本主義の研究をライフワークとして、多様な分野の学者やビジネスマンと「資本主義研究会」を主催している。

Mr. Tsutomu Horiuchi is Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainability Management of Tama University. He also serves as Executive Chairman of Vortex Co., Ltd.

As the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Executive Managing Officer of Mori Building Co., Ltd., he was also responsible for the operations of Mori Art Museum (MAM) and Academy Hills of Mori Arts Center. Prior to joining Mori Building, Mr. Horiuchi worked for Goldman Sachs Japan as Vice President of Legal & Capital Markets Department after his extensive career at the Industrial Bank of Japan group (current Mizuho Financial Group). Mr. Horiuchi graduated from The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law in 1984, and received an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School in 1988.

He is a member of several organizations including Japan Association of Corporate Executives and New York Bar Association, and qualified as wine expert of the Japan Sommelier Association.

セインズベリー日本藝術研究所の創設者、初代所長。現セインズベリー日本藝術研究所研究担当所長およびイースト・ア ングリア大学日本美術文化教授。1998年ハーバード大学より博士号取得。主な著書に「Vessels of Influence: China and the Birth of Porcelain in Medieval and Modern Japan」（Bloomsbury Academic、2012年）や、辻惟雄の「日本美術の歴史」を翻訳した「A History of Art in Japan」（Tokyo University Press、2018年）がある。

2019年まで大英博物館アジア 部日本セクションにIFACハンダ日本美術キュレーターとして在籍した。2007年には「Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan」展の主任キュレーター、そして2019年には大英博物館セインズベリー・エキシビション・ギャ ラリーにて開催された「マンガ展」の主任キュレーターを務めた。現在、デ・ヤング美術館で「アート・オブ・マンガ展」（2025年9月～2026年1月）のキュレーションを担当。

Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere, PhD, is the founding Director and currently the Research Director of the Sainsbury Institute and Professor of Japanese Art and Culture at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.

She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1998. She published "Vessels of Influence: China and the Birth of Porcelain in Medieval and Modern Japan" with Bloomsbury Academic in 2012 and translated Professor Tsuji Nobuo’s "A History of Art in Japan" with Tokyo University Press in 2018.

She was curator in the Department of Asia at the British Museum from 2009 and became the IFAC Handa Curator of Japanese Art between 2014 – 2019. She was the lead curator there for the ‘Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan’ exhibition in 2007 and the ‘Citi Exhibition Manga’ held in the Sainsbury Exhibition Galleries, British Museum in 2019. She is currently curating ‘Art of Manga' exhibition at the de Young Museum (Sept. 2025- Jan. 2026).

2000 年、集英社入社。「月刊少年ジャンプ」に配属され、マンガ編集者としてのキャリアを積む。以降、「ジャンプスクエア」を経て、2012 年から「週刊少年ジャンプ」に所属。2014 年、マンガ誌アプリ「少年ジャンプ＋」の立ち上げに携わり、2017 年から同誌の編集長を務める。

主なマンガ担当作品は、『テガミバチ』『終わりのセラフ』『DRAGON BALL外伝 転生したらヤムチャだった件』『ペンションライフ・ヴァンパイア』。また、海外向けマンガ配信サービス「MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA」、AI を使った創作支援サービス「コミコパ」、マンガで英語を学ぶ学習アプリ「Langaku」など多数のデジタル・サービスにも携わる。

Shuhei Hosono is an editor-in-chief of Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+. Hosono joined Shueisha in 2000 where he began his career as a manga editor for Monthly Shonen Jump. After serving as an editor for Jump Square, he transferred to Weekly Shonen Jump in 2012. Hosono helped
found the Shonen Jump+ app and online platform in 2014 and has been the editor-in-chief of the magazine since 2017.

Hosono has served as an editor to manga works such as “Tegami Bachi,” “Seraph of the End,”“Dragon Ball: That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha!” and “The Pension Life Vampire.”
Additionally, he has been involved in numerous manga-related digital services, including the overseas manga distribution platform “MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA,” the AI-powered manga creation support tool “Comic-Copilot,” and the language-learning app “Langaku,” which teaches English through manga.

1991年 東京大学法学部卒。
1993年 弁護士登録（第二東京弁護士会）。
米国コロンビア大学法学修士課程修了（セゾン文化財団スカラシップ）、シンガポール国立大学リサーチスカラーなど経て、2003年 骨董通り法律事務所を設立。

多くのコンテンツ企業・クリエイターの顧問、内閣府知財本部・文化庁ほか委員、デジタルアーカイブ学会・ELN理事、緊急事態舞台芸術ネットワーク常任理事・政策部会長、日本文学振興会評議員などを務める。

著書に「改訂版 著作権とは何か」「誰が『知』を独占するのか」（集英社新書）、「エンタテインメントと著作権」全5巻（シリーズ編者、CRIC）、「18歳の著作権入門」（ちくまプリマ―新書）、「ロボット・AIと法」（共著・有斐閣）、「エンタテインメント法実務」（編著・弘文堂）ほか。

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LL.B., University of Tokyo Faculty of Law, 1991; admitted to the Bar (Daini Tokyo Bar Association), 1993. After completing a master's degree in law at Columbia University LL.M., Saison Foundation Scholarship and a research scholarship at the National University of Singapore, established Kotto Dori Law Office in 2003.

Advisor to many content companies and creators. Committee member, Intellectual Property Headquarters of the Cabinet Office, and Agency for Cultural Affairs. Board member, Association for Digital Archives and ELN. Managing director and chair of the Policy Subcommittee, Emergency Performing Arts Network. Councilor, Japan Society for the Promotion of Literature.

He has published, "Revised Edition: What is Copyright?" and "Who Monopolises 'Knowledge'?" (Shueisha Shinsho), "Entertainment and Copyright" in five volumes (series editor, CRIC), "Introduction to Copyright for 18-Year-Olds" (Chikuma Prima Shinsho), "Robot, AI and Law" (co-author, Yuhikaku), " Entertainment Law Practice" (editor, Kobundo), etc.

東京芸術大学美術学部卒業後、株式会社集英社入社。女性誌を経て、マンガ制作のデジタル化に参加。

集英社刊行の主要コミックスをアーカイブしデータベース運用する「Comics Digital Archives」や、「Manga Factory」「SSDB（集英社総合データベース）」などの基幹システムを立ち上げ。

2021年、越境ECサービス「集英社マンガアートヘリテージ」をローンチ。

2023年11月24日、麻布台ヒルズにリアルギャラリーをオープン。

Masashi Okamoto joined Shueisha after graduating from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of Arts. He began his career at a women's magazine before transitioning to work on the digitization of manga production.

Okamoto has played a pivotal role in the launch of several Shueisha services, including "Comics Digital Archives," a database that archives major comics published by Shueisha, "Manga Factory," and "SSDB (Shueisha Synthetic Database)."

In 2021, he launched the Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage, a project dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich cultural legacy of iconic manga artwork.

Since November 2023, pieces from this project have been showcased at the Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage: Tokyo Gallery in Azabudai Hills.