Toshiaki Yoshizaki

Toshiaki Yoshizaki (吉崎 俊章) is a Japanese music producer who currently works at since 1970. He is the father of mangaka.

Bio
Yoshizaki was born in Hiroshima on May 25, 1946. As a child in 1951, he was fitted with leg braces to correct a curved spine, and was unable to walk properly. He lived alone with his mother, who runs a boarding house out of their home that attracted many tenants. On his first day of school, Yoshizaki met a girl named Yoko Asagiri, and the two became best friends.

Yoshizaki was often bullied because of his physical disability and low intelligence. While fleeing from several bullies, his leg braces broke off, revealing Yoshizaki to be a very fast runner. This talent eventually allowed him to receive a football scholarship at Hiroshima University in 1963. In early June 1970, Yoshizaki joined Nippon Columbia.

On March 20, 1971, Yoshizaki proposed to Asagiri and she accepted, making them engaged. On March 23, the two married and gave birth to a male baby named Mine eight months later.