Shinji Mizushima, manga artist of "Dokaben," "Baseball Fanatic's Poem," "Ikkyu-san," etc., died of pneumonia - at age 82.

Manga artist Shinji Mizushima passed away on January 10, 2022, at a Tokyo hospital due to pneumonia, according to media reports. He was 82 years old.

Shinji Mizushima was born in Niigata Prefecture in 1939.
After making his debut in 1958 with a rental book manga, he published many full-fledged baseball manga starting with "Ace no joken" in 1969.
His representative works "Dokaben," "Poem of a Baseball Fanatic," and "Ikkyu-san" were made into animations and dramas.

We pray for his soul rest in peace.