Career
He is best known for writing the manga Alive -Saishū Shinkateki Shōnen-. Kawashima made his professional debut with Daughter Maker, which ran in Kōdansha"s Monthly Shōnen Magazine Zōkan Great. From October 2003 to October 2009, Kawashima collaborated with Adachitoka to create Alive -Saishū Shinkateki Shōnen-, which was published in Kōdansha"s Monthly Shōnen Magazine.
Kawashima succumbed to liver cancer on June 15, 2010 and died at the age of 51, having finished Alive on his deathbed.