Kazuo Koike

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May 08, 1936 in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, Japan

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male

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Comics & Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction

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Kazuo Koike (小池一夫, Koike Kazuo) is a prolific Japanese manga writer, novelist and entrepreneur.

Early in Koike's career, he studied under Golgo 13 creator Takao Saito and served as a writer on the series.

Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made the manga Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub), and Koike also contributed to the scripts for the 1970s film adaptations of the series, which starred famous Japanese actor Tomisaburo Wakayama. Koike and Kojima became known as the "Golden Duo" because of the success of Lone Wolf and Cub.

Another series written by Koike, Crying Freeman, which was illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, was adapted into a 1995 live-action film by French director Christophe Gans.

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Average rating: 4.39 · 11,690 ratings · 324 reviews · 108 distinct works

	Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1: The Assassin's Road by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima 4.19 avg rating — 1,399 ratings — published 1972 — 30 editions	My rating:
	Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 2: The Gateless Barrier by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima 4.35 avg rating — 583 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 3: The Flute of the Fallen Tiger by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima 4.38 avg rating — 551 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 4: The Bell Warden by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima 4.41 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 5: Black Wind by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima, Dana Lewis 4.45 avg rating — 400 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 6: Lanterns for the Dead by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima 4.52 avg rating — 371 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 7: Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima 4.50 avg rating — 360 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 8: Chains of Death by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima 4.52 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 10: Hostage Child by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima 4.56 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 9: Echo of the Assassin by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima 4.55 avg rating — 323 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:

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Series by Kazuo Koike

Lone Wolf and Cub (28 books)
by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima

4.46 avg rating — 9,349 ratings

Samurai Executioner (10 books)
by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima

4.23 avg rating — 796 ratings

Path of the Assassin (15 books)
by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima

4.16 avg rating — 541 ratings

Crying freeman (10 books)
by Kazuo Koike, Ryôichi Ikegami

4.00 avg rating — 426 ratings

Lady Snowblood (4 volume) (4 books)
by Kazuo Koike, Kazuo Kamimura

3.89 avg rating — 391 ratings

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Quotes by Kazuo Koike

“I have decided to escape, to defy the shogun. Today I will begin walking the road to hell. But you will choose your own path. So, soon you may be seeing heaven. Choose the sword, and you will join me. Choose the ball and you join your mother, in death. You don’t understand my words, but you must choose. So… come boy, choose life or death.”
― Kazuo Koike

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“True joy is to take pleasure
in one's own accomplishments....”
― Kazuo Koike, Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 5: Black Wind

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