What is Shinji Mizushima?
{{Infobox writer | name = Shinji Mizushima | nationality = Japanese | image = Shinji Mizushima 2009.jpg | other_names = | birthname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|04|10}} | birth_place = [[Niigata (city)|Niigata]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|01|10|1939|04|10}} | death_place = [[Tokyo]], Japan | occupation = [[Manga artist]] | period = 1958–2020 | spouse = | children = | website = | footnotes = | notableworks = ''[[Dokaben]]''<br>''[[Abu-san]]'' | awards = [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] (1974, 1977) | employer = | height = | weight = }} {{nihongo|'''Shinji Mizushima'''|水島 新司|Mizushima Shinji|extra=April 10, 1939 – January 10, 2022}} was a Japanese [[manga artist]]. He was best known for writing many [[baseball]] [[manga]]s, such as ''[[Yakyū-kyō no Uta]]'', ''[[Dokaben]]'', and ''[[Abu-san]]''. He won the [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] twice during his career in 1974 and 1977. Mizushima died on January 10, 2022 in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] from [[pneumonia]], aged 82.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:水島新司さん、肺炎のため死去…８２歳、「ドカベン」「野球狂の詩」など野球漫画の第一人者|url=https://hochi.news/articles/20220117-OHT1T51038.html?page=1 |website=[[Sports Hochi]] |access-date=January 16, 2022 |language=ja}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mizushima, Shinji}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Japanese manga artists]] [[Category:Japanese writers]] {{bio-stub}}