An image from Initial D, one of the productions that also features Shuichi Shigeno.
Shuichi Shigeno
March 8, 1958 — Matsunoyama, Niigata, Japan [now Tokamachi, Niigata, Japan]
Shuichi Shigeno is a Japanese manga artist famous for creating Initial D. Shigeno has also created Bari Bari Densetsu, Dopkan, and Tunnel Nuketara Sky Blue all prior to the manga that would make him famous in 1995. In 1985, he received the Kodansha Manga Award in shōnen for Bari Bari Densetsu.
