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{{Short description|South Korean mangaka (born 1973)}}{{Family name hatnote|Park|lang=Korean}}{{BLP sources|date=August 2011}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| image       = Boichi - Lucca Comics & Games 2014.JPG
| caption     = Boichi at [[Lucca Comics & Games]] 2014
| birth_name  = Mu-jik Park
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1973|1|29}}
| birth_place = [[Seoul]], South Korea
| occupation  = [[Manga artist]]
| known_for   = {{ubl|''[[Sun-Ken Rock]]''|''[[Dr. Stone]]''}}
| awards      = {{ubl|Gran Guinigi 2011 - Best Short Story|2019 [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] - Shōnen Category|2019 [[Japan Media Arts Festival]] Awards - Grand Prize}}
| alias       = Boichi
}}
'''Mu-jik Park''' ({{Korean|hangul=박무직|rr=Bak Mujik}}; born January 29, 1973), known professionally as '''Boichi''', is a South Korean [[manhwa]]-turned-[[manga artist]] living in Japan.

== Biography ==
Intending to be a manga artist from his childhood days, Boichi majored in physics in college as preparation to draw science fiction works, and also to learn the technology of performance and imaging. He went on to graduate school to major in image technology. In 1993, while still enrolled, Boichi debuted in a Korean girls manhwa magazine. Since then, he gained popularity releasing a number of works and publishing books on how to draw manga targeting a wide range of readers.

===Manga career===
In 2004 he transitioned into the world of Japanese [[manga]]. His "Ultimate Space Emperor Caesar", serialized in Monthly ''Comic Gum'', was his first [[tankōbon]] in Japan. In 2005, 9 out of 11 of Boichi's hentai one-shot serialized in the Comic Aun were reunited under the volume titled ''Lovers in Winter''. In 2006, he released two science fiction one-shot, "Hotel" and "Present" which, in 2008, were compiled in a volume titled ''Hotel'' along the other one-shots "It was all for the tuna", "Stephanos" and "Diadem".

In 2006, Boichi's first serialized manga, ''[[Sun-Ken Rock]]'', was published in the bi-weekly magazine ''[[Young King (magazine)|Young King]]''. The manga spawned a side-story based on the character Yumin in 2011 and another based on Pickaxe in 2012. Another spin-off based on Yumin was released in 2012, entitled ''I want to feed Yumin'' and serialized in ''Monthly Young King''. ''I want to feed Yumin'' is about the main character of Sun-Ken Rock, treating Yumin to traditional [[Korean food]].

Boichi also worked as the artist of a five-volume manga titled ''Raqiya'', written by Masao Yajima and published in 2009. He also served as the artist of the ''Brutality'' one-shot by Takeda Yuusuke in 2007.

In later 2011, he started the serialization of another manga titled "H.E the hunt for energy" in a new monthly magazine: ''Jump X''. In this year, he won the [[Lucca Comics & Games|Gran Guinigi]] prize for "It was all for the Tuna", about a scientist doing anything to revive the extinct tuna, experimenting on everything tuna-related and sacrificing his own happiness.

To express his sentiment towards the [[Vietnam War]] and apologize for Korea’s actions during the war, ''Sun-Ken Rock'' volume 2′s royalties were donated to the Humanitarian Services for Children of Vietnam (HSCV). He asked Korean manga artists to contribute towards drawing a support page for the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]], giving the royalties from the proceeding to the [[Red Cross]]. He also donated the money he planned to use to buy a new car towards helping tsunami victims.

In 2019, Boichi received two awards for ''[[Dr. Stone]]'' for the Shōnen category, respectively, ''[[Origin (manga)|Origin]]'' for the Best Manga category.

Since 2020, Boichi has been doing the artwork for manga adaptation of ''[[List of One Piece media|One Piece novel A]]'' titled ''One Piece episode A''.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-24/dr-stone-boichi-to-draw-manga-adaptation-of-one-piece-ace-story-novels/.158916 | title = Dr. Stone's Boichi to Draw Manga Adaptation of One Piece: Ace's Story Novels | publisher = Anime News Network | date = April 24, 2020 | access-date = February 5, 2021}}</ref>

== Japanese works ==
* ''Lovers In Winter''
* ''No means No''
* ''Personal lesson full of love''
* ''Brutality'' (artwork)
* ''Raqiya'' (artwork)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-06/human-crossing-masao-yajima-starts-rakia-manga | title = Human Crossing's Masao Yajima Starts Rakia Manga | publisher = Anime News Network | date = November 6, 2008 | access-date = August 25, 2011}}</ref>
* ''Hotel''
* ''Present''
* ''It was all for the tuna''
* ''Stephanos''
* ''Diadem''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-18/mandala-02-world-manga-to-ship-in-japan-on-march-21 | title = Mandala 02 World Manga to Ship in Japan on March 21 | publisher = Anime News Network | date = March 18, 2008 | access-date = August 25, 2011}}</ref>
* ''Space Chef Caisar''
* {{nihongo|''[[Sun-Ken Rock]]''|サンケンロック|}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-19/japanese-comic-ranking-january-10-16 | title = Japanese Comic Ranking, January 10–16 | publisher = Anime News Network | date = January 19, 2011 | access-date = August 25, 2011}}</ref>
* ''Sun-Ken Rock Gaiden – Yumin''
* ''Sun-Ken Rock Gaiden – Pickaxe''
* ''I want to feed Yumin''
* ''Eques'' (script only)
* ''H · E The Hunt for Energy''
* ''Trigun: The Lost Plant'' (appears in the anthology ''Trigun: Multiple Bullets'')
* ''Wallman''
* ''Kuntwagon''
* ''The Space Between''
* ''Anti-magma''
* ''Terra Formars Gaiden: Asimov''
* ''[[Origin (manga)|Origin]]''
* ''[[Dr. Stone]]'' (artwork)
* ''One Piece episode A'' (artwork)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-24/dr-stone-boichi-to-draw-manga-adaptation-of-one-piece-ace-story-novels/.158916 | title = Dr. Stone's Boichi to Draw Manga Adaptation of One Piece: Ace's Story Novels | publisher = Anime News Network | date = April 24, 2020 | access-date = February 5, 2021}}</ref>
*''He was there''

== Korean works ==
* ''T.R.Y (Take off Rush Youth)''
* ''Feeling''
* ''TOON''
* ''The constitution of Korea first amendment''
* ''Param in the sky and the stars''
* ''Black & White''
* ''Metatron Diablo''
* ''Hocus matsogeum''
* ''Do not believe the movie''
* ''Hotel: since A.D. 2079''	
* ''Super String: Marco Polo's Travel to Multiverse ''(later serialized in manga format in Weekly Shōnen Sunday)

== Awards ==
* [[Lucca Comics & Games|Gran Guinigi]] 2011 – Best Short Story for ''It was all for the tuna'', in ''Hotel'' (Panini Comics)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lucca2011.luccacomicsandgames.com/index.php?id=648|title=I Vincitori 2011 - Lucca Comics & Games 2011|website=lucca2011.luccacomicsandgames.com|access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref>
*[[Shogakukan Manga Award]]s 2019 – Shōnen Category for ''Dr. Stone'' (Shueisha)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/sites/default/files/manual/20190121.pdf|title=The 64th Shogakukan Manga Awards|date=21 January 2019|website=Shogakukan|access-date=16 March 2019|archive-date=22 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122232714/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/sites/default/files/manual/20190121.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Japan Media Arts Festival]] 2019 – Manga Grand Prize for ''Origin'' (Kodansha)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.otaquest.com/japan-media-arts-festival-2019/|title= Unexpected Winners Come Out on Top at the Japan Media Arts Festival
|website=www.otaquest.com|date= March 2019
|access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|URL=https://boichi.com/|name=Boichi's official website}}
* {{anime News Network|people|111959}}

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[[Category:South Korean expatriates in Japan]]
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[[Category:Artists from Seoul]]
[[Category:20th-century South Korean male artists]]
[[Category:21st-century South Korean male artists]]
[[Category:Pseudonymous artists]]