Books and music

Tetsuo Hara has often lent his pen to writers and musicians. This section gathers the novel covers and record sleeves he has drawn, from the novels of Arimasa Osawa and Keiichiro Ryu in the early 1990s to Junretsu’s single in 2022, by way of Shinji Tanimura, Tomoyasu Hotei, Momoiro Clover Z and DJ KOO.

19902 works

1991August 1991CoverMagazineCardCover artOriginal illustration4 itemsKoryu no Mimi, by Arimasa Osawa黄龍の耳 · Koryu no MimiTetsuo Hara is co-credited for the covers of both volumes of Koryu no Mimi, a novel by Arimasa Osawa published by Shueisha in 1993 and 1994, and probably illustrated its serialisation.See the entry 1992December 20, 1992CoverCover artHis own charactersIchimuan Furyuki, by Keiichiro Ryu一夢庵風流記 · Ichimuan FuryukiTetsuo Hara drew an original cover of Maeda Keiji for the paperback edition of the Keiichiro Ryu novel he adapted as the manga Hana no Keiji.See the entry

20001 work

2008March 19, 2008Record sleevePortraitCover art2 itemsShinji TanimuraShinji Tanimura's first album of songs chosen by his fans has a sleeve by Tetsuo Hara, who drew him as one of the men from his manga.See the entry

20104 works

2010July 21, 2010Record sleevePortraitGift drawing2 itemsROCKETMANFor the tenth anniversary of ROCKETMAN, his cousin Ryo Fukawa's music project, Tetsuo Hara gave him a portrait that became his album sleeve.See the entry 2010August 4, 2010Record sleeveCover artHis own charactersSTILL ALIVEFor STILL ALIVE, the theme Tomoyasu Hotei wrote for Hokuto no Ken 201X, Tetsuo Hara drew a shouting Kenshiro.See the entry 2013February 27, 2013Record sleeveGoodsCover art2 itemsMomoiro Clover ZTetsuo Hara drew the front of the Momoiro Clover Z box set devoted to the group's men-only concert, an illustration that returned six years later on the goods for the group's tenth anniversary.See the entry 2018September 19, 2018Record sleeveCover artHis own characters202XEight years after STILL ALIVE, Tetsuo Hara drew Raoh for the sleeve of 202X, Tomoyasu Hotei's single for Fist of the North Star's 35th anniversary.See the entry

20202 works

2020March 4, 2020Record sleevePortraitCover art2 itemsDJ KOOFor DJ KOO's 40 years as a DJ, Tetsuo Hara drew the sleeve of his compilation and turned him into a many-armed DJ at the end of the world.See the entry 2022June 8, 2022Record sleevePortraitCover artHis own charactersJunretsu純烈For the type C edition of its single, the group Junretsu had Tetsuo Hara draw its members as Kenshiro, Raoh, Toki and Jagi.See the entry

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