Etsushi Ogawa (小川悦司 Ogawa Etsushi) is a mangaka born on February 23, 1969 in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Keio University with a degree in economics. He is most famous for the manga Chūka Ichiban, which was made into an anime. In 2007, He won the 31th Kodansha Manga Award (Children). Mangaka ) is the Japanese word for a comic artist. ... Niigata Prefecture ) is located on HonshÅ« island on the coast of the Sea of Japan. ... Keio University ) is the top private university in Japan, which has a history as Japans very first private institution of higher learning, which dates back to the formation of a school for Dutch studies in 1858 in Edo (now Tokyo) by founder Yukichi Fukuzawa. ... ChÅ«ka Ichiban ) is a manga created by Etsushi Ogawa. ... The Kodansha Manga Award is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year. ...