About
Monkey Punch (モンキー・パンチ) was the pen name of Japanese manga artist Kazuhiko Katō (加藤一彦, 1937–2019), creator of Lupin III. He was born on 26 May 1937 in Hamanaka, Akkeshi District, Hokkaido, and made his debut with a serial in the rental-book magazine 『零』. In 1967 he began Lupin III in the first issue of Futabasha's Weekly Manga Action. Drawn in an American-comics style, the series became a hit, and it was adapted as a TV anime from 1971 and later as films. His honours included the Inkpot Award at San Diego Comic-Con, a ROMICS gold award in Rome and the AMD Award for distinguished service. In 2005 he completed a master's degree in media science at Tokyo University of Technology. He died of pneumonia on 11 April 2019.
Works in the Archive
Works currently linked in Orbital Memory, from earliest to latest.
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TMS Entertainment — モンキー・パンチ逝去に関するお知らせ（訃報） (news release, 2019-04-17, PDF)
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Creator Classification, Display Name, Japanese Name, Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-01
Japan Media Arts Festival (Agency for Cultural Affairs) — モンキー・パンチ / MONKEY Punch profile
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Display Name, Japanese Name, Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
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TMS Entertainment — Lupin the Third PART1, original author and staff
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Lupin the 3rd Part I (1971) · Original manga authorship; 1971–1972 Part I adaptation
People and Roles
Accessed: 2026-10-16
TMS Entertainment — ルパン三世 カリオストロの城 (Japanese works page)
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The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) · 1979 theatrical film; based on the original Lupin III manga
People and Roles
Accessed: 2026-11-01