Masami Kurumada was born in December 6th, 1953, in Tokyo.

He is a Japanese manga artist and writer, known for specializing in

fighting manga featuring bishonen and/or maho shonen. He is famous

as the creator/author of popular manga, such as Saint Seiya, Ring ni Kakero

, Fuma no Kojiro and B't X. His male protagonists are a reflection of the

classical and modern society's archetype of the true men. The male characters

in his works often display very masculine qualities and traits, and pursue

to achieve courage and manhood perfection through sacrifice, selflessness

and true heroism.

He has won the best success award with Saint Seiya and the best inspiration

award with Ring ni Kakero.