About
Go Nagai (永井豪) is a Japanese manga artist, born in 1945 in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture. After working as an assistant to 石ノ森章太郎, he debuted in 1967 with 目明しポリ吉 in the magazine ぼくら, and the following year ハレンチ学園, serialized in Shōnen Jump, quickly became a major hit. His best-known works include Devilman, Mazinger Z, Violence Jack and Cutie Honey (1973). Devilman and Cutie Honey became hit TV anime, Mazinger Z opened new ground for robot manga, and later anime adaptations such as Great Mazinger (1974) were also broadcast in Europe. In the 1970s he was serialized in five boys' magazines at the same time. He won the 4th Kodansha Manga Award (1980) for 凄ノ王. In 2005 he became a professor in the character design department (キャラクター造形学科) of Osaka University of Arts.
Works in the Archive
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Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan Media Arts Festival — 永井 豪 (NAGAI Go), profile
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Creator Classification, Display Name, Japanese Name, Romanized Name, Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-01
Shogakukan Creative — 永井 豪, author profile
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Japanese Name, Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-01
Kodansha — マンガ賞受賞作品一覧 1970s–1980s (第4回講談社漫画賞, 1980: 『凄ノ王』 永井 豪)
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Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-01
Nikkei (press, attributed) — 秋の叙勲、喜びの声 漫画家の永井豪氏, 2025-11-03
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Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-01
Discotek Media (US distributor) — Great Mazinger Blu-ray
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Display Name, Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-01
Discotek Media (US distributor) — Violence Jack Blu-ray
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Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-01
Discotek Media (US distributor) — Devilman Original TV Series Blu-ray
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Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-01
Seven Seas Entertainment (US publisher) — Cutie Honey: The Classic Collection
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Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-01
Norma Editorial (Spanish publisher) — Mazinger Z Edición Coleccionista 1
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Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-01
MangaLine Ediciones (Spanish publisher) — Devilman 1
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Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-01
Bandai Channel — X-Bomber, main and production staff
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X-Bomber (1980) · Original Japanese series; original work credit (原作), listed as 永井 豪
People and Roles
Accessed: 2026-10-16