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Kazuya Naka

なか かずや

Naka Kazuya

Pen Names: Fukuju NakaReal name

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1911-01-29 (Owada Village, Kitakawachi District, Osaka Prefecture (now Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture))
Died
2015-10-27 (Tsu, Mie Prefecture) age 104
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Illustrator, Painter
Active Years
1929-2015
Influenced By
Tomiya Oda
Influenced
Tomiya Oda, Takao Saito

Awards

Hasegawa Shink Award
1971
Result: 受賞
Kikuchi Kan Prize
1993
Organization: Kikuchi Kan Prize Organization
Result: 受賞
Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th Class
1996
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Yoshikawa Eiji Cultural Award
2014
Organization: Yoshikawa Eiji Cultural Award Foundation
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Health

  • Loss of right eye due to malnutrition
    小学生の時
    Suffered visual impairment by losing his right eye
  • Pneumonia
    晩年
    Caused death

Legacy

Kazuya Naka was a Japanese illustrator who created many illustrations for historical novels, receiving awards such as the Hasegawa Shink Award, Kikuchi Kan Prize, and Yoshikawa Eiji Cultural Award. He passed away due to pneumonia at age 104.

Trivia

  • Lost his right eye due to malnutrition in elementary school.
  • First worked as an illustrator for serialized novels in 1929.
  • Died of pneumonia at age 104.