- Born
- Died
- Birth nameNoboru Okamoto
- Nicknames
- Ichiji no San-chan
- Ichini no Sanchan
- Noboru
- Akame Pro
- Kurokawa Shin
- Shirato Sanpei
- OKAMOTO Noboru
- Sampei Shirato was born on February 15, 1932 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a writer, known for Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden: Tsukihigai no Maki (1971), Shonen ninja Kaze no Fujimaru (1964) and Kamui, le ninja solitaire (2009). He died on October 8, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
- His works involve realistic art and dramatic imagery, one of the early manga writers to use a realistic style.
- His works involve social themes in criticism of oppression, exploitation and discrimination.
- His works are usually historical works centred around ninja.
- The son of Japanese proletarian painter Toki Okamoto, and was one of the few people to be photographed with the tortured corpse of proletarian leader Kobayashi Takiji.
- A pioneer of the gekiga (drama) manga genre.
- Shirato developed his artistic style through painting picture-card shows (kamishibai) after finishing middle school at 18.
- He died on October 8, 2021 at the age of 89 due to aspiration pneumonia.[4] The news of his death was announced by the editorial department of Big Comic on October 26, 2021. It was also reported that his brother Tetsuji Okamoto died four days later of interstitial pneumonia.
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