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Junji Ito


Born
in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
July 31, 1963

Genre
Manga, Graphic Novels, Horror

Influences
H.P. Lovecraft, Kazuo Umezu ...more


Junji Itō (Japanese: 伊藤潤二, Ito Junji) is a Japanese cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his horror manga.
Ito was born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan in 1963. He was inspired to make art from a young age by his older sister's drawing and Kazuo Umezu's horror comics. Until the early 1990s he worked as a dental technician, while making comics as a side job. By the time he turned into a full time mangaka, Ito was already an acclaimed horror artists.
His comics are celebrated for their finely depicted body horrors, while also retaining some elements of psychological horror and erotism.
Although he mostly produces short stories, Ito is best known for his longer comic series: Tomie (1987-2000), about a beautiful high school girl who inspires her ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 554,890 ratings · 61,425 reviews · 228 distinct works • Similar authors
Uzumaki
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4.45 avg rating — 88,125 ratings — published 1998 — 25 editions
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Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror...
4.44 avg rating — 41,455 ratings — published 1998
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Tomie
4.15 avg rating — 41,848 ratings — published 1987 — 19 editions
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Gyo
3.89 avg rating — 32,485 ratings — published 2002
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Shiver: Selected Stories
4.34 avg rating — 26,443 ratings — published 2015 — 18 editions
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No Longer Human
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4.28 avg rating — 21,132 ratings — published 2019 — 12 editions
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Fragments of Horror
4.11 avg rating — 20,494 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
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Smashed
4.15 avg rating — 19,172 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions
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Remina
3.72 avg rating — 21,166 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions
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Ito Junji's Cat Diary
4.24 avg rating — 16,723 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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Series by Junji Ito

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror... Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror... Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror...
(3 books)
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4.42 avg rating — 154,088 ratings

Museum of Terror, Vol. 1: T... Museum of Terror, Vol. 2: T... Soichi Lovesickness Deserter Alley 伊藤潤二傑作集7 首のない彫刻 [Ito Junji ...
(11 books)
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4.08 avg rating — 75,714 ratings

Tomie 1 Tomie 2, 富江 Part 2 Tomie: Again
(3 books)
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4.14 avg rating — 50,633 ratings

Gyo, Vol. 1 Gyo, Vol. 2
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3.94 avg rating — 48,644 ratings

Museum of Terror, Vol. 1: T... Museum of Terror, Vol. 2: T... Flesh-Colored Horror; 肉色の怪;... 伊藤潤二恐怖博物館4: 案山子 [Ito Junji ... 伊藤潤二恐怖博物館5 路地裏 [Ito Junji K... 伊藤潤二恐怖博物館6 双一の勝手な呪い [Ito Ju... 伊藤潤二恐怖博物館7 うめく排水管 [Ito Junj...
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“I am a horror maniac who prefers to stay at home.”
― Junji Ito
tags: horror, life
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“Spirals.... this town is contaminated with spirals.”
― Junji Ito, Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1
tags: insanity, spirals
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“Kirie, did you know that female mosquitoes are the only ones who suck blood? And only when they're carrying a batch of eggs. They need the blood so their eggs will develop and...”
― Junji Ito, うずまき [Uzumaki]
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