Junji Ito
Writing · Acting · Directing
Born July 31, 1963, Sakashita, Gifu, Japan
Junji Ito (Japanese: 伊藤 潤二 Hepburn: Itō Junji, born July 31, 1963) is a Japanese horror mangaka. Some of his most notable works include Tomie, a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals; and Gyo, a two-volume story where fish are controlled by a strain of sentient bacteria called "the death stench."
Filmography
- Bloody Smart — Comic Book
- 2026Living Corpse — (voice)
- Strange: Junji Ito's Tales for Sleepless Nights — Comic Book
- 2026The Fearsome Melody — Novel
- Uzumaki — Typhoon Voice (voice), Graphic Novel
- Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre — Comic Book
- Horror Manga Theater
- Junji Ito Collection — Comic Book, Original Concept
- Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki
- 2015Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition — Comic Book
- 2015The Earthbound — Novel
- 2012Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack — Novel
- 2011Tomie: Unlimited — Novel
- 2011Tomio — Director, Writer, Novel
- 2007Tomie vs Tomie — Novel
- 2005Tomie: Beginning — Novel
- 2005Tomie: Revenge — Novel
- 2004Marronnier — Novel
- 2004The Groaning Drain — Original Story
- 2002Tomie: Forbidden Fruit — Comic Book
- 2001Kakashi — Author, Original Story
- 2001Love Ghost — Comic Book
- 2001Tomie: Rebirth — Novel
- 2000Long Dream — Comic Book
- 2000Oshikiri — Novel
- 2000Street of Gravestones — Comic Book
- 2000The Face Burglar — Comic Book
- 2000The Hanging Balloons — Comic Book
- 2000Tomie: Replay — Novel
- 2000Uzumaki — Novel
- 1999Tomie: Another Face — Novel
- 1998Tomie — Photographer (uncredited), Novel
- Bloodsucking Darkness — Comic Book
- Junji Ito Crimson — Original Concept
Appearances as themselves (3)
- 2025Sangre del Toro — Self
- 2023Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts — Himself
- 2019The Legendary Horror Manga Author - Hino Hideshi — Self