Shotaro Ishinomori
Shotaro Onodera
7Filmography★ 7.8Average rating
Emerging from a modest post-war upbringing under the name Onodera, he moved to Tokyo in 1956 and apprenticed with Osamu Tezuka, contributing to titles such as Astro Boy and Alakazam the Great. His own creations soon reshaped Japanese popular culture: the 1964 team-hero saga Cyborg 009 introduced the nation’s first super-powered squad, while the 1971 Kamen Rider series established the “henshin” tra…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources