Ichirō Tominaga (富永一朗, Tominaga Ichirō; April 25, 1925 - May 5, 2021) was a Japanese manga artist. He was a recipient of the Japan Cartoonists Association Award, the Medal with Purple Ribbon, and he was Honorary Director of the Kibi Kawakami Fureai Manga Museum in Okayama Prefecture.
Career Tominaga was born in Kyoto, Japan. He worked as an elementary school teacher until 1951, when, at age 26, he moved to Tokyo to work as a manga artist. He was a frequent guest on the television program Owarai Manga Dojo.
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