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{{short description|Japanese manga artist}}
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| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1968|6|23}}
| birth_place = [[Tokorozawa, Saitama|Tokorozawa]], [[Saitama Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
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| known_for   = ''[[Ichi the Killer (manga)|Ichi the Killer]]''<br />''[[Homunculus (manga)|Homunculus]]''
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{{nihongo|'''Hideo Yamamoto'''|山本英夫|Yamamoto Hideo}} is a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[mangaka|manga artist]]. He is best known as the creator of the manga series ''[[Ichi the Killer (manga)|Ichi the Killer]]'', which was adapted into a [[Ichi the Killer (film)|live-action film]] by [[Takashi Miike]] in 2001, and ''[[Homunculus (manga)|Homunculus]]''.

Recurring themes in his manga are [[crime]], sexual deviations, and the human mind.

==Biography==
Hideo Yamamoto received the "[[Tetsuya Chiba]] Award", given to promising young [[manga]] creators in 1988. After resigning from the post of assistant of a popular [[seinen manga]] artist, [[Kenshi Hirokane]], he made his professional debut by drawing ''SHEEP'' (written by Masahiko Takasho) for [[Weekly Young Sunday]] in 1989.

==Works==
* ''Sheep'', 1989
* ''[[Okama Report]]'', 1989–1991 
* ''[[Voyeur (manga)|Voyeur]]'' (''Nozokiya''), 1992
* ''Another One Bites The Dust'' (illustrated by Koshiba Tetsuya)
* ''[[Voyeur (manga)|Voyeurs, Inc.]]'' (''Shin Nozokiya''), 1993–1997
* ''[[Ichi the Killer (manga)|Ichi the Killer]]'', 1998–2001<ref name=animefringe>{{cite journal |first=Maria |last=Lin |date=May 2005 |title=Dark Plots in Manga Land |journal=Animefringe |volume=6 |issue=5 |issn=1705-3692 |accessdate=February 26, 2011 |url=http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/2005/05/feature/06.php |quote=If it's serial killers and unconscious monsters that you want, the following dark manga will leave your head in a satisfying knot. }}</ref>
* ''[[Homunculus (manga)|Homunculus]]'', 2003–2011<ref name=animefringe/>
* ''Yume Onna'', 2013 (illustrated by [[Hiroya Oku]])
* ''[[Hikari-Man]]'', 2014–2020
* ''[[Adam and Eve (manga)|Adam and Eve]]'', 2015–2016 (illustrated by [[Ryoichi Ikegami]])

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/authorities/5524 Hideo Yamamoto] in Media Arts Database {{in lang|ja}}
* {{anime News Network|people|25075|Hideo Yamamoto}}

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