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'''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"). | '''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 | 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 {{wp|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, the ''Super Mario'' manga rights were passed to {{wp|CoroCoro Comics}}, under the name ''Super Mario-kun'', written and drawn by Sawada. | ||
Sawada is the father of two children and author of 60 ''Super Mario-kun'' volumes, three collections, and two spin-offs based on the [[Ore Dayo! Wario Dayo!!|''Wario'' franchise]] and ''[[Super Mario-kun Gekijō - Yoshi New Island|Yoshi's New Island]]''. He has also designed an [[SUPER MARIO KUN 25th Anniversary|Event Course]] in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''. | Sawada is the father of two children and author of 60 ''Super Mario-kun'' volumes, three collections, and two spin-offs based on the [[Ore Dayo! Wario Dayo!!|''Wario'' franchise]] and ''[[Super Mario-kun Gekijō - Yoshi New Island|Yoshi's New Island]]''. He has also designed an [[SUPER MARIO KUN 25th Anniversary|Event Course]] in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''. | ||
