Shinji Mizushima

was a Japanese manga artist. He was best known for writing many baseball mangas, such as "Yakyū-kyō no Uta", "Dokaben", and "Abu-san". He won the Shogakukan Manga Award twice during his career in 1974 and 1977.
Mizushima died on January 10, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan from pneumonia, aged 82.