Junji Ito

Writing

Birthday

1963/07/31 (62 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Sakashita, Gifu, Japan

Also know as

Itō Junji, Junji Itou, Junji Itō, Itou Junji, Ito Junji, 伊藤潤二, いとうじゅんじ, อิโต้ จุนจิ

Biography

Junji Ito (Japanese: 伊藤潤二 Hepburn: Itō Junji, born July 31, 1963) is a Japanese horror mangaka. Some of his most notable works include Tomie, a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals; and Gyo, a two-volume story where fish are controlled by a strain of sentient bacteria called "the death stench."