Kokichi Igarashi
Kokichi Igarashi was born in 1943 in Niigata Prefecture. He debuted as a rental-book (kashihon) manga artist and was a disciple of Shinji Mizushima, with whom he is credited as artist on Keppare! Ōta Tōshu (story by Nobuo Natsuki) in Weekly Shōnen Jump. He has mainly drawn baseball manga; other works include Hana no Sasshī (1977) in Monthly Shōnen Magazine.