Mitsutoshi Furuya
Mitsutoshi Furuya (1936–2021) was born in Mukden (Fengtian), Manchuria, and came from Kamisu in Ibaraki Prefecture. After debuting in 1955 he assisted Osamu Tezuka and then Fujio Akatsuka, becoming a leading member of the idea staff at Fujio Productions, and his Dame Oyaji in Weekly Shōnen Sunday won the 24th Shogakukan Manga Award (1978). In 1974 he co-founded Family Kikaku with Keiji Yoshitani and went on to create works such as Bar Lemon Hart and Yose Geinin Den.