Interviews with Buronson

Buronson readily tells how a story is crafted: the rhythm of a weekly chapter, the deaths that are imposed, the characters who escape their creator’s control. This page gathers his interviews, published in the Japanese press, in databooks, or online, with the source, date, and participants listed for each. Translations are our own unless otherwise noted, and each entry refers back to the book or issue from which it is taken.

1986Buronson“Every character who dies is a waste”: Buronson in 1986, during the serialization (All About The Man)Hokuto no Ken Special: All About The Man (週刊少年ジャンプ特別編集 北斗の拳SPECIAL), Shueisha, 1986, p. 301999Buronson, Nobuhiko Horie, Tetsuo Hara“Make them cry and you win”: Buronson, Tetsuo Hara and Nobuhiko Horie talk about Hokuto, late 1999 (Kyūkyoku Kaisetsusho PART2)Hokuto no Ken 2000 Kyūkyoku Kaisetsusho PART2 (北斗の拳2000 究極解説書PART2), Home-sha, 1999, pp. 37-412000Buronson, Tetsuo HaraCross interview of the kings of the end of the century, Buronson VS Hara TetsuoFigure Oh #342006Buronson“It was Raoh’s death that was the culmination of Hokuto no Ken”: Buronson in 2006, twenty years later (Data File Ōgi Hidensho)Hokuto no Ken Data File Ōgi Hidensho (北斗の拳 データFILE 奥義秘伝書), Futabasha, 2006, pp. 52-57