Kazuo Koike (小池一夫, Koike Kazuo) was a prolific Japanese manga writer, novelist and entrepreneur. Early in Koike's career, he studied under Golgo 13 creator Takao Saito and served as a writer on the series. Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made the manga Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub), and Koike also contributed to the scripts for the 1970s film adaptations of the series, which starred famous Japanese actor Tomisaburo Wakayama. Koike and Kojima became known as the "Golden Duo" because of the success of Lone Wolf and Cub. Another series written by Koike, Crying Freeman, which was illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, was adapted into a 1995 live-action film by French director Christophe Gans. Kazuo Koike started the Gekika Sonjuku, a college course meant to teach people how to be mangaka. In addition to his more violent, action-oriented manga, Koike, an avid golfer, has also written golf manga.
Series
Books
Lady Snowblood, Vol 4
Retribution, Part 2
2006
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1
The Assassin's Road
1970
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 8
Chains of Death
1987
Crying Freeman, Vol. 5
2006
Crying Freeman, Tome 10
2007
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 23
Tears of Ice
2002
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 11
Talisman of Hades
2001
Path of the Assassin, Vol. 13
Hateful Burden
2008
Samurai Executioner, Vol. 3
The Hell Stick
2005
Path of the Assassin, Vol. 12
Three Foot Battle
2008
Crying Freeman, Vol. 1
1989
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 6
Lanterns for the Dead
1997
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 4
The Bell Warden
1995
Crying Freeman, Vol. 8
Falling Flower, Flowing Water
1990
Color of Rage
2008
Path of the Assassin, Vol. 10
Battle for Power, Part 2
2014
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 26
Struggle in the Dark
2002
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 13
The Moon in the East, the Sun in the West
2001
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 28
The Lotus Throne
2002
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 24
In These Small Hands
1989
Path of the Assassin, Vol. 2
Sand and Flower
2014
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 18
Twilight of the Kurokuwa
1988
Crying Freeman, Vol. 4
1996
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 20
A Taste of Poison
1995
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 10
Hostage Child
1997
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 16
Gateway into Winter
2001
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 5
Black Wind
1997
Samurai Executioner, Vol. 5
Ten Fingers, One Life
2005
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 3
The Flute of the Fallen Tiger
1995
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 12
Shattered Stones
2001
Crying Freeman
Issue 6
1990
Path of the Assassin, Vol. 9
Battle for Power, Part 1
2014
Path of the Assassin, Vol. 15
One who Rules the Dark
2009
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 17
The Will of the Fang
1995
Samurai Executioner, Vol. 1
When the Demon Knife Weeps
1972
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 22
Heaven and Earth
1989
Path of the Assassin, Vol. 5
Battle of One Hundred and Eight Days
2014
Crying Freeman, Vol. 2
1989
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 25
Perhaps in Death
2002
Path of the Assassin, Vol. 1
Serving in the Dark
2014
Crying Freeman, Tome 7
2006
Path of the Assassin, Vol. 14
Bad Blood
2009
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 9
Echo of the Assassin
1997
Path of the Assassin, Vol. 4
The Man Who Altered the River's Flow
2014
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 14
Day of the Demons
1988
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 27
Battle's Eve
2002
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 7
Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger
1997
Path of the Assassin, Vol. 3
Comparison of a Man
2014
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 21
Fragrance of Death
1989
Path of the Assassin, Vol. 7
Child of Smoke
2014
Lady Snowblood, Vol 3
Retribution, Part 1
2006
Crying Freeman, Vol. 3
1994
Samurai Executioner, Vol. 8
The Death Sign of Spring
2006
Path of the Assassin, Vol. 6
Life's Greatest Difficulty
2007
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 2
The Gateless Barrier
1971
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 15
Brothers of the Grass
1900
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 19
The Moon in Our Hearts
2002
