Buichi Terasawa

Buichi Terasawa (寺沢 武一) was a Japanese artist. He was best-known for his manga series, , and. Terasawa supported Araki early in his career and was most notable for being the namesake for Cool Shock B.T. and the inspiration for Hol Horse in Stardust Crusaders.

On September 11, 2023, it was announced that Terasawa had died from a heart attack on September 8, 2023.

Work with Araki
Terasawa's connection with Hirohiko Araki dated back to the 80s when he read the manuscript for Araki's debut manga, Poker Under Arms, submitted to the Tezuka Awards. Terasawa noted that while Araki wasn't very skilled at drawing, he still had a talent for storytelling. He also noted that the elaborate methods Araki used for composing stories would be better suited for writing novels and screenplays than for drawing manga. Terasawa would go on to support Araki saying, "I encouraged him because he could tell stories better than he could draw them." The initials "B.T." in Araki's first series, Cool Shock B.T., were also a reference to Terasawa's name.

In 1985, Terasawa appeared at the end of the first volume of Araki's second series, Baoh the Visitor. He said the sci-fi elements in the series were very reminiscent of the ones that appear in his own. In 2014, Araki said that the idea for Hol Horse might've been inspired by the titular main character of Terasawa's manga, Cobra. A gun-slinging outlaw who always smokes and has the power to fire projectiles without having a line-of-sight. In 2015, Araki contributed an illustration of Cobra's partner, Lady Armaroid, for the book Cobra Great Dissection. The reason Araki drew her was because "If you visit space and need a companion at your side, the Lady Armoroid is the only one for you! (Erotic, gorgeous and dependable)."

Works

 * "Black Jack" (ブラック・ジャック) (1973-1983)
 * "Sigma 45" (シグマ45) (1976-1977)
 * "Cobra" (コブラ) (1977)
 * "Cobra" (コブラ) (1978-1984)
 * "BLACK KNIGHT BAT" (BLACK KNIGHT バット) (1985)
 * "Karasu Tengu Kabuto" (鴉天狗カブト) (1987-1988)
 * "Goku Midnight Eye" (MIDNIGHT EYE ゴクウ) (1987-1989)
 * "Takeru" (武 TAKERU) (1992-1993)
 * "Gun Dragon Σ" (GUNDRAGON Σ) (1999)
 * "Gun Dragon II" (GUNDRAGON II) (2004)