birthdate: '1950-09-27'
birthplace: Mitaka City, Tokyo, Japan
discography:
- catalog: APS-5020
  date: '1975'
  link: album/77435
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Illustrator
  titles:
    en: Sonorama Ace Puppy Series Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
    ja: ソノラマエース・パピイシリーズ 秘密戦隊ゴレンジャー
    ja-latn: Sonorama Ace Puppy Series Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
  type: toku
- catalog: APS-5041
  date: '1976'
  link: album/110960
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Illustrator
  titles:
    en: Sonorama Ace Puppy Series Uchuu Tetsujin Kyodain
    ja: ソノラマエース・パピイシリーズ 宇宙鉄人キョーダイン
    ja-latn: Sonorama Ace Puppy Series Uchuu Tetsujin Kyodain
  type: toku
featured_on: []
info:
  Birthdate: Sep 27, 1950
  Birthplace: Mitaka City, Tokyo, Japan
  Credited works: 2 albums in database
  Credits: 2 illustrator
link: artist/62855
meta:
  added_date: 2024-04-12T13:47
  edited_date: 2024-04-12T13:47
  fetched_date: 2026-01-05T13:20
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 228
name: Yuji Hosoi
name_real: 細井 雄二
name_trans: ほそい ゆうじ
notes: 'Japanese manga artist.

  Professor and head of the Department of Manga at the Tokyo University of the Arts.

  Alias: Wataru Akitsu [秋津わたる]'
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