Minoru Furuya

is a Japanese manga artist from Saitama Prefecture.

His debut work is ''The Ping Pong Club'', published in ''Young Magazine''. It was adapted into a 26-episode anime series in 1995. In 1996, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for ''The Ping Pong Club''. In March 2021, Kodansha USA licensed ''Ciguatera''.

Two of his series have been adapted to the big screen, namely ''Himizu'' in 2011, and ''Himeanole'' in 2016. Provided by Wikipedia