Mitsuo Hashimoto (はしもと みつお or 橋本 光男, Hashimoto Mitsuo, born 5 November 1955 in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist.
After winning an honorable mention at the 11th Tezuka Awards in 1976 for his work Mīnya no Negai,[1] he made his professional debut the following year in a special issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump with his work The Two Are Rivals (二人はライバル, Futari wa Raibaru).
Since that time, he has published works in a variety of Shogakukan shōnen and seinen manga magazines.
His definitive works include Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime (art) and Itsumo Hōkago.
Manga artist Hidenori Hara was his assistant for a time.