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the tokiwa-sou (トキワ荘), or tokiwa manor, was a tokyo apartment complex where an incredibly influential group of mangaka lived from the early 1950's through the early 1960's. of course, the biggest name associated with the tokiwa-sou was the "god of manga" osamu tezuka, who lived in the building from 1953-1954. however, during that period the approximate dozen of influential mangaka living there established the building as a social hub for a broader group of the medium's greatest creators at that time.

this list will include both known (or at least supposed) residents of tokiwa-sou and their mangaka friends who often visited. this list will be based on armchair-level research, so please DO NOT CONSIDER THIS A DEFINITIVE RESOURCE. that said, if anyone has any missing information, i would very much appreciate that you contact me with information on those artists' relationship to the tokiwa-sou!

the list will include one of the most noteworthy or "classic" manga series' created by each artist, and i will prioritize series' that can currently be read in their entirety in english, either legally or via scanlations.

format:

mangaka
(resident or visitor)(approx. dates lived at tokiwa-sou)
(common english title of series listed)

mangaka without manga on MAL:

hiroo terada
resident december 31, 1953 - june 20, 1957
sportsman kintarou
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/a9zcwtm/sportsman-kintarou

shinichi suzuki (akira kazeta)
resident september 2, 1955 - june 1, 1956
rainbow sentai
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/vrfil63/rainbow-sentai
https://myanimelist.net/people/21321/Shinichi_Suzuki?q=shinichi%20suzuki&cat=person

naoya moriyasu
resident february 1956 - end of 1956
(VERY LITTLE INFO AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH)
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%AE%E5%AE%89%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8A%E3%82%84#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE%E4%BC%8A%E5%90%B9%E9%9A%BC%E4%BA%BA201039%E2%80%9341_17-0

tokuo yokota
resident 1958 - 1961
(VERY LITTLE INFO AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH)
margaret-chan
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%88%E3%81%93%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A8%E3%81%8F%E3%81%8A#%E4%B8%BB%E3%81%AA%E4%BD%9C%E5%93%81

shunji sonoyama
visitor
gyatorus
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/57blnzu/gyatorus
https://myanimelist.net/people/24997/Shunji_Sonoyama?q=shunji%20sonoya&cat=person

saburo sakamoto
visitor
(PRIMARILY KNOWN FOR ANIMATION WORK ON IDEON, DUNBINE, VOLTES V)
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9D%82%E6%9C%AC%E4%B8%89%E9%83%8E

takemaru nagata
visitor
(VERY LITTLE INFO AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH. KNOWN ASSISTANT TO FUJIO A. FUJIKO AND FUJIO F. FUJIKO)
bickle-kun
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B8%E7%94%B0%E7%AB%B9%E4%B8%B8#%E4%B8%BB%E3%81%AA%E4%BD%9C%E5%93%81


assistants:

joji yamauchi
assistant to shotaro ishinomori & fujio akatsuka
resident september 1960 - march 1962

hideo shinoda
assistant to fujio a. fujiko & osamu tezuka
visitor

takao yokoyama
assistant to fujio akatsuka
visitor


sources & further reading:
http://tsoj.manga.org/anime/tokiwa_sou.html
https://fujio-akatsuka.fandom.com/wiki/Tokiwa-s%C5%8D#Famous_Residents
https://manga.tokyo/columns/otaku-travel/visit-tokiwa-so-the-birthplace-of-japanese-manga-and-anime/
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/g00934/
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AF%E8%8D%98
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokiwa-s%C5%8D