Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for the Ashita no Joe series, died of myelodysplastic syndrome at a Tokyo hospital on Oct. 22. He was 87.
Chiba won a children’s manga award sponsored by publisher Kodansha Ltd. in 1962. In 2024, he became the first manga artist to receive the Order of Culture.
In 1968, Chiba teamed up with comic writer Asao Takamori, also known as Ikki Kaji
