Kengo Hanazawa (花沢 健吾, Hanazawa Kengo, born January 5, 1974) is a Japanese manga artist, known for his seinen works.
He won the Topic Award of the 2005 Sense of Gender Awards for Ressentiment[1] and was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taisho for I Am a Hero.
[2][3][4] In 2013, I Am a Hero won the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category.
I Am a Hero has received a live-action film adaptation, directed by Shinsuke Sato.
His series Boys on the Run was also adapted into a live-action film in 2010.