What is Junji Ito?
{{Infobox person | name = Junji Ito | image = Junji Ito - Lucca Comics & Games 2018 02.jpg | caption = Ito at [[Lucca Comics & Games]] 2018 | native_name = 伊藤 潤二 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|7|31}} | birth_place = [[Nakatsugawa, Gifu|Nakatsugawa]], [[Gifu Prefecture|Gifu]], Japan | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Japanese | occupation = Writer, [[penciller]], [[inker]], [[manga artist]] | alias = | notable works = ''[[Tomie]]''<br />''[[Uzumaki]]''<br />''[[Gyo]]'' | spouse = {{marriage|Ayako Ishiguro|2006}} | children = 2 }} {{nihongo|'''Junji Ito'''|伊藤 潤二|Itō Junji|born July 31, 1963|lead=yes}} is a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] horror [[mangaka]]. His best known works include ''[[Tomie]]'', ''[[Uzumaki]]'' and ''[[Gyo]]''. In 2019, Ito received an [[Eisner Award]] for his manga adaptation of [[Mary Shelley]]'s ''[[Frankenstein]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/2019-eisner-awards-complete-winners-list-1225835|title=Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 20, 2019|language=en|access-date=July 22, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ito, Junji}} [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Japanese manga artists]] [[Category:Japanese writers]] {{bio-stub}}