Yang Kyung-il

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Yang Kyung-il
Born (1970-03-26) March 26, 1970 (age 53)
Incheon, South Korea
NationalitySouth Korean
Area(s)Artist
Notable works
Blade of the Phantom Master
Korean name
Hangul
양경일
Hanja
梁慶一
Revised Romanization Yang Gyeong-il
McCune–Reischauer Yang Kyǒng'il

Yang Kyung-il (born March 26, 1970) is a South Korean manhwa artist [1] from Incheon, South Korea. In 2009, he and frequent collaborator Youn In-wan began serializing their manga Defense Devil in Shonen Sunday .

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References

  1. "Yang Kyoung-il". Lambiek . Retrieved June 21, 2010.