Buichi Terasawa

Koji Koseki
Japanese Name	寺沢 武一
Profile
Age	69
Birthday	March 30, 1955
Birthplace	Asahikawa, Japan
Zodiac Sign	Aries
Gender	Male
Blood Type	B
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Manga artist
Notable Works	Cobra
Other Information
Affiliation	Hirohiko Araki
Media
Website	Official Website

Buichi Terasawa (寺沢 武一, Terasawa Buichi) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best-known for his manga series Goku Midnight Eye, Cobra and Karasu Tengu Kabuto.

Terasawa supported Araki early in his career and is most notable for being the namesake for Cool Shock B.T., as well as the inspiration for Hol Horse.

History

Work with Araki

Terasawa's connection with Hirohiko Araki dates all the way back to the 80s, when he read the manuscript for Araki's debut manga, Poker Under Arms, which was submitted to the Tezuka Awards. Terasawa noted that while Araki wasn't very skilled at drawing, he still had an amazing talent for storytelling. He also noted that the elaborate methods Araki used for composing stories would be better suited for writing novels and screenplays, as opposed to 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 intials "B.T." in Araki's first series in 1982, Cool Shock B.T., are also a reference to Terasawa's name.

In 1985, Terasawa appeared in an afterward at the end of the first volume of Araki's second series, Baoh the Visitor. He said that sci-fi elements in the series were very reminiscent to the ones that appear in his own work. 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 he 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) (Assistant to Osamu Tezuka)
• "Sigma 45" (シグマ45) (1976-1977)
• "Cobra" (コブラ) (1977) (One-shot)
• "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)

Gallery

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  Buichi and Araki, along with Tetsuo Hara.

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  The "erotic and gorgeous" Lady Armoroid by Araki.

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