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|image=[[File:Yukio Sawada Mario hat.png|250px]][[File:Yukio Sawada SMKun 50.png|250px]] | |image=[[File:Yukio Sawada Mario hat.png|250px]][[File:Yukio Sawada SMKun 50.png|250px]] | ||
|born=March 12, 1953 (age {{age|March 12, 1953}}) | |born=March 12, 1953 (age {{age|March 12, 1953}}) | ||
|role=Author of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', ''[[Ore Dayo! Wario Dayo!!]]'', ''[[Super Mario Manga Mania]]'' and ''[[Super Mario-kun | |role=Author of ''[[Super Mario Bros. (manga)|Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2 (manga)|Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3 (manga)|Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', ''[[Ore Dayo! Wario Dayo!!]]'', ''[[Super Mario-kun Gekijou - Yoshi's New Island]]'', ''[[Mario & Sonic at Tokyo 2020 Olympics]]'', ''[[Super Mario Manga Mania]]'' and ''[[Super Mario-kun Special Selection]]'' | ||
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'''Yukio Sawada''' ( | '''Yukio Sawada''' (Japanese: 沢田 ユキオ; real name 沢田 幸男) (born March 12, 1953 in the {{wp|Osaka Prefecture}}, {{wp|Kansai region}}, [[Japan]]) is a manga artist famously known for being ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''<nowiki/>'s (and the other related manga) author. He appears in some panels of his manga as the narrator or even a character of the story, mostly in special chapters about his experience as the "Mario mangaka", in which he is usually called「作者」(''sakusha'', "the author"). | ||
After studying engineering at Doshisha University and graduating, Sawada started his career in manga with one-shot manga on ''{{wp|Weekly Shōnen Jump}}''. His first ''Super Mario'' manga is a [[Super Mario Bros. (manga)|''Super Mario Bros.'' one-shot]] in the February 1986 issue of a [[Shogakukan]] publication aimed at third-grade elementary students.<ref>[https://www.famitsu.com/news/201711/21145706.html Sawada interview in ''Famitsu'']</ref> This one-shot was republished in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 40|Volume 40]] of ''Super Mario-kun''. [[Nintendo]] then gave Wanpaku Comic the rights for a ''Super Mario'' manga serialization, with Sawada as the author and artist: ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2 (manga)|Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. This was based on ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' and ran monthly until 1988. In December 1988, Sawada started a new series called ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3 (manga)|Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' but it ran for only two issues as the publication shut down in January 1989. In 1990, Sawada moved to {{wp|CoroCoro Comics}} where he has worked on ''Super Mario-kun'' ever since. | |||
Sawada is | Sawada is the father of two children and author of 59 ''Super Mario-kun'' volumes as well as three spin-offs based on the [[Ore Dayo! Wario Dayo!!|''Wario'' franchise]], ''[[Super Mario-kun Gekijou - Yoshi's New Island|Yoshi's New Island]]'' and ''[[Mario & Sonic at Tokyo 2020 Olympics|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020]]''. He has also designed an [[SUPER MARIO KUN 25th Anniversary|Event Course]] in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''. | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
SMKun 11 Yukio message.png|A message to the reader from Sawada in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 11|volume 11]] | |||
JWHF Summer 2015 Sawada Special 4koma Manga 1.jpg|Scene of a special 4-koma manga by Sawada, to commemorating the opening of Jisedai World Hobby Fair in Summer 2015 | |||
JWHF Summer 2015 Sawada Special 4koma Manga 2.jpg|Scene of a special 4-koma manga by Sawada, to commemorating the opening of Jisedai World Hobby Fair in Summer 2015 | |||
JWHF Summer 2015 Sawada Special 4koma Manga 3.jpg|Scene of a special 4-koma manga by Sawada, to commemorating the opening of Jisedai World Hobby Fair in Summer 2015 | |||
JWHF Summer 2015 Sawada Special 4koma Manga 4.jpg|Scene of a special 4-koma manga by Sawada, to commemorating the opening of Jisedai World Hobby Fair in Summer 2015 | |||
Yukio Sawada Present SMO Art.jpg|[[Mario]] and [[Cappy]] drawn by Sawada, used for the present of a lottery activity initiated by {{wp|Famitsu}} | |||
Yukio Sawada Present Drawing SMKun 58.jpg|Mario and [[Olivia]] drawn by Sawada, used for the present of a lottery activity commemorating the release of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' volume 58 initiated by {{wp|CoroCoro Comic|CoroCoro}} | |||
Sawada 2023 Nengajo.jpg|A 2023 ''nengajō'' drawn by Sawada | |||
Sawada Elephant Mario Artwork 1.jpg|[[Elephant Mario]] drawn by Sawada | |||
Sawada Elephant Mario Artwork 2.jpg|Elephant Mario drawn by Sawada | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*When writing a story for ''Super Mario-kun'', Sawada usually plays the game the story is based | *When writing a story for ''Super Mario-kun'', Sawada usually plays the game on which the story is based and gets help from his children in difficult levels.<ref>''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' [[Super Mario-kun Volume 15|volume 15]]</ref> | ||
*Sawada's favorite character is [[Yoshi]].<ref>Back cover of the ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' [[Super Mario-kun Volume 14|volume 14]]</ref> | *Sawada's favorite character is [[Yoshi]].<ref>Back cover of the ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' [[Super Mario-kun Volume 14|volume 14]]</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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