Birth place: Koufu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Real name: 倉金 虎雄

Date of death: 25 August, 1973

Kurakane Shousuke began submitting his works to the magazines Shounen Club and Shoujo Club when he was studying at the Kofu Commercial High School. In 1930 he moved to Tokyo, where Tagawa Suihou became his teacher. He debuted in 1935 with his manga Dori-chan Banzai. From 1941 to 1946 he was serving in the army. In 1949 he began working on Anmitsu Hime which became his most popular work, spawning a film adaptation, a TV series and eventually a posthumous anime remake. In 1953 he received the Shougakukan Manga Award in the children category.