Maro Sharaku
Maro Sharaku is one of the pen names of manga writer Masaru Miyazaki (born 1956 in Jōetsu, Niigata Prefecture), derived from Sherlock Holmes and Philip Marlowe. A full-time manga writer since the age of 29, Miyazaki also wrote 100-man $ Kid and Black Jack Sōsaku Hiwa, which topped the male readers' list of Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2012.