Shosuke Kurakane (倉金章介 Kurakane Shōsuke, February 13 1914 - August 25, 1973) is a mangaka. His real name is Torao Kurakane (倉金 虎雄 Kurakane Torao).
Kurokane was born in Kofu, Yamanashi.
He wrote many works that has been turned into anime, TV drama, and movie but is especially known for Anmitsuhime (あんみつ姫) which was turned into all three. His second best known work, Tentenmusume (てんてん娘), was made into a movie on 1956 with Mariko Miyagi as the heroine and on 1984, it was made into a TV drama with Mayumi Hara in the same role.
