Kazuki Motoyama
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| Kazuki Motoyama | |
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 Kazuki Motoyama in 2023 | |
| Born | April 12, 1956[1] (age 69) |
| Super Mario–related role | Author (and recurring character) of the Kodansha's Super Mario manga and Kinoppe-chan Forever |
Kazuki Motoyama (Japanese: 本山一城; real name: 本山真澄) is a manga artist who wrote and illustrated Kodansha's Super Mario manga and its unofficial spinoff Kinoppe-chan Forever. He also appeared in the stories as both narrator and character, before his avatar Mototin[2] took the latter role. He often stars in 4koma related to his tiring work.
Biography[edit]
Born in Kawasaki, in the Kanagawa Prefecture, and raised in Yamato, he dropped out of Musashino Art University Junior College to become the assistant of Murakami Motoka.
In 1977 he debuted as a mangaka with the short story "Love and Mini"[3] under his real name "Motoyama Masumi". Then, after settling for the pen name "Motoyama Kazuki", he published in 1979, Kimatenai no ni Kimemaru-kun.
His early works included romantic comedies, school and sport manga for various publishers, then in 1985 he started focusing on the historical genre, a subject he excels at.
After being hospitalized with diabetes and a major surgery due to an acute myocardial infarction in the early 2010s, he moved to Nagano Prefecture to recuperate, and then back to his home prefecture.
For the Kodansha publishing company, he wrote between 1988 and 1998 the illustrated game strategies and manga of Super Mario, competing with Yukio Sawada and his Super Mario-kun series, until Nintendo pulled the ComicBonBon's Super Mario manga license in 1997. Later, beginning in the 2019, he self-published a manga series starring Kinoppe, an original character he used in the Super Mario series: Kinoppe-chan Forever.
History[edit]
Super Mario (Kodansha manga)[edit]
| Mototin | |
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| Full name | Kazuki Motoyama |
| Species | Human |
| First appearance | Super Mario Kodansha manga (Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 1) (1990) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Kodansha manga (Super Mario 64: Yoshi Story 2) (1998, Mario-related media) |
Motoyama appears as a character in his own manga, always self-depicted in the wings of the cover.
He is the protagonist of a 4koma recapping how he usually works on his manga in Super Mario Land.
In Super Mario Land 3, he is the tennis announcer in the volume's closing chapter. When Mario and Peach win the match, he gives them a statue of himself valued at 100,000 yen as the game prize, but the two bash it on his head, calling it "ugly".
In Dr. Mario, the name "Motoyama" is in last place in the leaderboard of the sports day's events.
Starting from Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 1, Motoyama would appear in the stories in the form of his avatar: Mototin, in which he looks like a chibi version of himself with spiral glasses, and a hat with a fountain pen head on top of it: in Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 5, it is explained that Mototin has a habit of sticking a pen in his head for each Mario volume he makes, until an angel gives him the cap with the pen. In Super Mario World! Yoshi no Tamago he even claims he puts the pen in his cap in a hole in his brain created by the dead brain cells he lost while working late, but his sister dismisses it as a lie.
Mototin appears in the Super Mario World series manga in a 4-koma series titled "Mototin's Picture Diary", which depicts how he deals with his mangaka life or remembers episodes of his childhood. He also makes some small cameos, such as in Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 4 as one of the guests at Bowser's wedding.
Gallery[edit]
Photos[edit]
Photo of Kazuki Motoyama in his youth
Artwork[edit]
Scans[edit]
Super Mario Land, Kazuki starring in the "How a product is made" 4koma
Super Mario Land 3, Kazuki as the announcer
Super Mario Land 3, Kazuki as the announcer
Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 1, Mototin's Picture Diary
Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 2, Mototin's Picture Diary
Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 2, Mototin's Picture Diary
Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 3, Mototin's Picture Diary
Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 4, Mototin's Picture Diary
Super Mario World! Mario Open Golf, Mototin's Picture Diary
Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 5, 4-koma Paradise
Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 5, Mototin's Picture Diary
Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 5, Mototin analyses the fanart
Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 6, 4-koma Paradise
Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 6, Mototin's Picture Diary
Super Mario World! Yoshi no Tamago, side image
Super Mario World! Yoshi no Tamago, side image
Super Mario World! Yoshi no Tamago, Mototin's Picture Diary
Super Mario World! Yoshi no Tamago, Mototin's Picture Diary
Super Mario World! Yoshi no Tamago, special thanks
Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 7, Prologue
Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 6, Chapter 1
Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 6, Mototin's Picture Diary
Super Mario Kart 1, Mototin's Picture Diary
Names in other languages[edit]
Mototin[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | モトちん[4] Moto-chin |
Contraction of the author's last name and the honorific「ちん」(-chin) | |
| MOTOちん[5] Moto-chin |
Notes[edit]
- His grandfather was the folklorist Katsuragawa Motoyama, his maternal ancestor was the agricultural scientist Enri Hayashi, and her sister Risa Motoyama became a mangaka herself, appearing in some skits and even contributing to some 4koma in Super Mario 4-koma Daikōshin 2.
- He has been supervising RKB Mainichi Broadcasting's Fukuoka Chronicle since October 2013. It has aired 336 episodes over the course of seven years.
- He owns a sword mounting used by the Kuroda clan guard, valued at 4 million yen.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Kazuki Motoyama's page on Anilist.co; retrieved on October 30, 2024.
- ^ File:KC Mario original characters.jpg
- ^ Motoyama's incomplete bibliography on his personal site. kanbe.starfree.jp Retrieved on October 29, 2024.
- ^ File:Extra SMW1.jpg
- ^ File:Extra 2 YnT.jpg
- ^ The appraisal of the sword mounting on tv-tokyo.co.jp. Retrieved on October 29, 2024.
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