Tamakichi Sakura

(born March 2nd, 1961) is a Japanese manga artist, or mangaka. He has also been known in the United States by his pen name ."たまに読むならこんなゲーム漫画～桜玉吉のスーマリ編～." Mandarake. Retrieved on November 19, 2008. - "小学館「SUPER MARIO ADVENTURES マリオの大冒険」漫画・チャーリー野沢（桜玉吉）"
Sakura authored The Shape of Happiness, which included three two-page long stories based on Metroid that were released in a tankobon in March 1989. Sakura himself makes several cameo appearances in the third Metroid comic as he wonders if his manga's goofy plot has become too stupid, but he is constantly reassured that it is fine.
Sakura later authored the Super Mario Adventures comic anthology in Nintendo Power (including the Mario vs. Wario comic featuring a Samus Aran doll), and designed characters for the games Dungeon Land, Pikiinya!, the Sansara Naga series, and Tower Dream. His blood type is A.
==External links==
*Wikipedia article
*Tamakichi Sakura's profile on Anime News Network
*Charlie Nozawa's profile on Anime News Network
*Tamakichifan on Twitter
==References==
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