Gengoroh Tagame is a Japanese manga artist who specializes in gay BDSM erotic manga, many of which depict graphic violence. The men he depicts are hypermasculine, and tend to be on the bearish side. Born into a family descended from samurai, Tagame began his career as a manga artist in 1982, while he was studying graphic design at Tama Art University (多摩美術大学). His works have been published in sever Gengoroh Tagame is a Japanese manga artist who specializes in gay BDSM erotic manga, many of which depict graphic violence. The men he depicts are hypermasculine, and tend to be on the bearish side. Born into a family descended from samurai, Tagame began his career as a manga artist in 1982, while he was studying graphic design at Tama Art University (多摩美術大学).

His works have been published in several Japanese gay magazines, including Sabu, G-men and SM-Z. Since 1986, he has used the pen-name Gengoroh Tagame, and since 1994 Tagame has lived off the profits of his art and writings.

In recent years, Tagame has edited a two volume artbook series about the history of gay erotic art in Japan from the 1950s to the present, 日本のゲイ・エロティック・アート (Nihon no gei, erotikku āto, Gay Erotic Art in Japan) volumes 1 and 2. All his works contain 'virile males, or youths, and their apprenticeship of physical and mental submission'. Works of his include: Jujitsu Kyoshi at B Product; Emono, Shirogane no Hana (3 vol.) and Pride (3 vol.) at G-Project. His manga Gunji (軍次) was translated into French in 2005, followed by Arena in 2006 and Goku in 2009.

An artbook of his works has also been published in France by H&O Editions. An exhibition of his works was held in France in May 2009. Tagame is openly gay.

Tagame has been called the most influential creator of gay manga in Japan to date, and 'the most talented and most famous author of sado-masochistic gay manga'. Most of his work first appeared in gay magazines and usually feature sexual abuse. Tagame's depiction of men as muscular and hairy has been cited as a catalyst for a shift in fashion amongst gay men in 1995, away from the clean-shaven and slender bishōnen stereotypes and towards a tendency for masculinity and chubbiness. Tagame's work has been criticised by notable gay manga writer Susumu Hirosegawa as 'SM gekijō' (S&M theater) for its violence and lack of complex storylines. A small amount of Tagame's work has been licensed in English; a short story, 'Standing Ovations', was included in the third issue of the erotic comics anthology Thickness, and in July 2012, Picturebox announced a short story collection, The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame, for 2013 release, which will be the first completely bara work published in English in a print format.

The book will collect short works spanning 15 years of Tagame's career, including a new story commissioned especially for the book by book designer Chip Kidd. (notes: everything else can be read on wikipedia).

Contents • • • • • • Career [ ] Born into a family descended from, Tagame began his career as a manga artist in 1982 while studying at (多摩美術大学). On a trip to Europe, he discovered the American hardcore S&M gay magazine featuring drawings by, who made a strong impression on his art. Prezentaciya 7 navikov visokoeffektivnih lyudej. He began publishing erotica under the Gengoroh Tagame in 1986, and since 1994 he has lived off the profits of his art and writings.

Tagame's works have been published in several Japanese gay magazines, including Sabu, and SM-Z. His works contain 'virile males, or youths, and their apprenticeship of physical and mental submission'. Notable works include Jujitsu Kyoshi at B Product; Emono, Shirogane no Hana (3 vol.) and Pride (3 vol.) at G-Project. Pride focuses on a masculine who is discovered by his even more masculine professor to harbor masochistic tendencies, and trains him to be submissive through harsh domination. Naburi mono, ('Laughing stock') serialised in G-Men in 1994, is about a yakuza strongman who falls in love with a wrestler he has been ordered to kidnap, ending with their ritualistic suicide together.

Tagame is additionally noted as an archivist of gay Japanese erotica, and has edited a two volume series about the history of gay erotic art in Japan from the 1950s to the present, 日本のゲイ・エロティック・アート ( Nihon no gei, erotikku āto, Gay Erotic Art in Japan). In the mid-2010s, Tagame began creating all-ages manga in addition to his erotic works. His first all-ages work was Otouto no Otto ( 弟の夫, ), serialized in 's Monthly Action magazine in Japan and published in English. The series received universal acclaim, and has been awarded excellence awards at the 19th in 2015, and the in 2018. In March 2018, Monthly Action began serialization of Bokura No Shikisai ( 僕らの色彩, Our Colors), Tagame's second all-ages manga. Influence [ ] Tagame has been called the most influential creator of gay manga in Japan to date, and 'the most talented and most famous author of sado-masochistic gay manga'. His depiction of men as muscular and hairy has been cited as a catalyst for a shift in fashion amongst gay men in 1995, away from the clean-shaven and slender stereotypes and towards a tendency for masculinity and chubbiness.