Monkey Punch Death
Monkey passed away on April 11, 2019 at the age of 81 in Sakura, Chiba, Japan. Monkey's cause of death was pneumonia.
When did Monkey Punch die?
April 11, 2019How did Monkey Punch die? What was the cause of death?
PneumoniaHow old was Monkey Punch when died?
81Where did Monkey Punch die? What was the location of death?
Sakura, Chiba, Japan
Monkey Punch Birthday and Date of Death
Monkey Punch was born on May 26, 1937 and died on April 11, 2019. Monkey was 81 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: May 26, 1937
Date of Death: April 11, 2019
Age at Death: 81
Monkey Punch - Biography
Monkey Punch (モンキー・パンチ, Monkī Panchi) is the pen name of Japanese manga artist Kazuhiko Katō (加藤一彦, Katō Kazuhiko, born May 26, 1937), best known for his series Lupin III. In April 2005 he became the professor of Manga Animation at Otemae University, in their Faculty of Media and Arts, and was a visiting professor at Tokyo University of Technology in May 2010. He was born in Hamanaka, Hokkaidō.
Katō began drawing at a very young age, but did not draw manga until junior high school, when his manga strips were used in the school newspaper. After graduating, he moved to Tokyo to look for work and began going to a technical school for electronics, continuing to draw for fun. While working in a dōjinshi group with other artists, he was recruited by Futabasha and drew yonkoma.
On April 21, 2007, Monkey Punch participated in a series of lectures on the "interaction of manga and culture throughout the world" at the Freer Gallery of Art. In 2008, Monkey Punch was a judge at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Second International Manga Awards.
He designed the characters for the pachinko game CR Ginroku Gijinden Roman in 2012. The following year an anime adaptation of the game began airing on January 7, 2013, with Monkey Punch's designs adapted by Satoshi Hirayama, and was streamed with English subtitles on Crunchyroll.
