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{{nihongo|'''Buronson'''|武論尊||}}, also known as  {{nihongo|'''Sho Fumimura'''|史村 翔|Fumimura Shō}}, is a [[Japan]]ese [[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 [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] for general manga for ''Heat'' with [[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 [[Saku, Nagano]]. He graduated from the [[Japanese Air Force Training School]] in 1967 and served as an Air Force radar mechanic. In 1969 he was discharged from the [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|Japanese Navy]] and was soon hired by Hiroshi Motomiya as a manga [[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 ''[[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]].

Buronson was mainly influenced by movies such as ''[[Mad Max]]'', and those of [[Bruce Lee]] and [[Sergio Leone]].

The [[pen name]] Buronson is a tribute to the American actor [[Charles Bronson]], whose mustache Buronson imitated.{{Fact|date=February 2008}}

*[[Doberman Detective]] (1975, 18 volumes, art by Shinji Hiramatsu)

*Phantom Burai (1978 to 1984, art by [[Kaoru Shintani]])

*Ring no Takaō (1979, art by [[Jiro Kuwata]])

*Oh! Takarajika (1981-1983, art by [[Shinji Ono]])

*Wild Way (1982, art by [[Daisuke Inoue]])

*Chu-high LEMON (1983-1988, art by Tsutomu Shinohara)

*[[Ourou]] (1989, art by [[Kentaro Miura]])

*[[Ourou Den]] (1990,art by [[Kentaro Miura]])

*[[wikipedia:Strain (manga)|Strain]] (from 1997 to 1998, 5 volumes, art by [[Ryoichi Ikegami]])

*[[wikipedia:Human (manga)|Human]]

*[[wikipedia:Heat (manga)|Heat]] (from 1999 to 2004, 17 volumes, art by [[Ryoichi Ikegami]])

*[[wikipedia:Sanctuary (manga)|Sanctuary]] (from 1990 to 1995, 12 volumes, art by [[Ryoichi Ikegami]])

*[[Go For Break]] (2000, 3 volumes, art by Tsuyoshi Adachi)

*[[Rising Sun (manga)|Rising Sun]] (2002, 3 volumes, art by Tokihiko Matsuura)

*[[G -Gokudo Girl-]] (from 2003 to 2004, 5 volumes, art by [[Hidenori Hara]])

*[[Souten no Ken]] (2001 to present, 17 volumes ''(ongoing)'', art by [[Tetsuo Hara]])

*[[Lord (manga)|Lord]] (2004 to present, 10 volumes ''(ongoing)'', art by [[Ryoichi Ikegami]])