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{{nihongo|'''Buronson'''|武論尊||}}, also known as  {{nihongo|'''Sho Fumimura'''|史村 翔|Fumimura Shō}}, is a Japanese [[wikipedia:manga|manga]] writer most known by his famous work ''[[Hokuto no Ken]]'', known in English as ''Fist of the North Star''. In 2002, he shared the [[wikipedia:Shogakukan Manga Award|Shogakukan Manga Award]] for general manga for ''Heat'' with [[wikipedia:Ryoichi Ikegami|Ryoichi Ikegami]].<ref name="ShogakukanAward">{{cite web | url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html | title=小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 | publisher=Shogakukan | language=Japanese | accessdate=2007-08-19}}</ref>

Buronson was born as {{nihongo|'''Yoshiyuki Okamura'''|岡村 善行|Okamura Yoshiyuki}} on June 16, 1947 in [[wikipedia:Saku, Nagano|Saku, Nagano]]. He graduated from the [[wikipedia:Japanese Air Force Training School|Japanese Air Force Training School]] in 1967 and served as an Air Force radar mechanic. In 1969 he was discharged from the [[wikipedia:Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|Japanese Navy]] and was soon hired by Hiroshi Motomiya as a manga [[wikipedia:assistant mangaka|assistant]]. He started his manga writing career when he wrote the script of ''Pink Punch: Miyabi'' in 1972, drawn by Goro Sakai. In 1975 Buronson wrote his first big hit ''[[wikipedia:The Doberman Detective|The Doberman Detective]]'', drawn by Shinji Hiramatsu. The famous ''[[Hokuto no Ken]]'' made its debut as Buronson's greatest hit in 1983, drawn by [[Tetsuo Hara]]. In 1989 his story ''Ourou'' was released as a manga serialized in ''[[Animal Magazine]]'', drawn by [[Kentarō Miura]], and in 1990 a sequel entitled ''[[Ourou Den]]'' was released by the same manga artist. Okamura also collaborated with the manga artist [[Ryoichi Ikegami]] in many works as ''[[wikipedia:Strain (manga)|Strain]]'', ''[[Odyssey (manga)|Odyssey]]'' and the famous ''[[wikipedia:Sanctuary (manga)|Sanctuary]]''. Among his other major works are ''Phantom Burai'', with art by [[Kaoru Shintani]].