Mitsuhiro Kurokawa

Background

Mr. Kurokawa was born in Osaka-shi, Japan, on February 11, 1954. He is a son of Kyoitsu (an accountant) and Terumi (a homemaker; maiden name, Watabe) Kurokawa.

Education

Mitsuhiro Kurokawa attended Osaka Art Institute.

Career

Mr. Kurokawa is an author and illustrator of children’s books. He has also worked at protecting author’s copyrights at Japanese Board on Books for Young People.

Achievements

• Mitsuhiro Kurokawa has illustrated numerous children's books. A visit to the Tyrrell Museum in Alberta inspired him to bring the world of dinosaurs alive for children.
  
  His second book to be translated into English, Dinosaur Valley, follows a small Orodromeus dinosaur through a typical day in the late Cretaceous period as she shepherds her “chicks” and encounters many other species, from flowers to dinosaurs.

Works

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  • Dinosaur Valley

    (Making use of some of recent theories about dinosaur appe...)

  • The Great Big Book of Dinosaurs
  • Torikeratanku no taimumashin meiro : Torikeratopusu ni ai ni ikoÌ„
  • 恐竜 トリケラトプスとスピノサウルス―あかちゃん恐竜をまもる巻 (たたかう恐竜たち)
  • KyoÌ„ryuÌ„ torikeratopusu to kikenna tani : Raputoru gundan to tatakau maki
  • KyoÌ„ryuÌ„ torikeratopusu no daiboÌ„ken meiro : Shintenchi o tankenshiyoÌ„
  • KyoÌ„ryuÌ„ torikeratopusu to giganotosaurusu : Nankai daikessen no maki
  • 恐竜トリケラトプスとひみつの湖―水生恐竜とたたかう巻 (たたかう恐竜たち)
  • (Dinosaur picture book for the first time) decoration dinosaur (2005) ISBN: 4882641917 [Japanese Import]
  • Yusha no tsuno : Kaseki ga kataru torikeratopusu no hanashi.
  • きょうりゅうぼうやのおともだち (きょうりゅうぼうやシリーズ)
  • Ganbare kyoÌ„ryuÌ„ boÌ„ya
  • Kyoryu torikeratopusu to karunotaurusu : Nikushoku tsunoryu to tatakau maki.
  • Kyoryu torikeratopusu umi o wataru : Mosasaurusu to tatakau maki.
  • KyoÌ„ryuÌ„ tiranosaurusu daizukai
  • KyoÌ„ryuÌ„ torikeratopusu no juraki meiro : Arosaurusu to tatakau maki
  • たたかう恐竜たち 恐竜トリケラトプスのジュラ紀決戦―ジュラ紀最強肉食恐竜とたたかう巻
  • KyoÌ„ryuÌ„ torikeratopusu to kyoÌ„fu no daioÌ„ : Tirano gundan to tatakau maki
  • 恐竜図解新事典 (恐竜の大陸)
  • 恐竜 トリケラトプスジュラ紀にいく―驚異のジュラ紀で大活躍の巻 (恐竜の大陸)
  • 恐竜トリケラトプスと巨大ガメ アーケロンの海岸の巻 (恐竜の大陸)

Interests

• Studying extinct plants and animals, cooking, driving

Connections

Mitsuhiro Kurokawa married Emiko Okada (a librarian).

Father:

Kyoitsu Kurokawa

Mother:

Terumi (Watabe) Kurokawa

Wife:

Emiko Okada