Shigeru Mizuki

Shigeru Mizuki (水木 しげる, Mizuki Shigeru, born March 8, 1922 ~ died November 30, 2015) was a Japanese manga artist and the creator of GeGeGe no Kitarō. He was a wounded veteran of World War II and a recipient of the Person of Cultural Merit award. A specialist in stories of yōkai, he is considered a master of the genre. To a lesser but still notable degree, he is also known for his World War II memoirs, as well as a writer and biographer.