Junji Ito
writer,director,art_department
- Gender: Male
- Birthday: 1963-07-31 ( 61 years old )
- Place of Birth: Gifu Prefecture, Japan
- Also Known As: Itō Junji / Junji Itou / Junji Itō / Itou Junji / Ito Junji / 伊藤潤二
- IMDB:nm0411702
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.”