is a Japanese

manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

. His series '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' was serialized in

Shueisha (lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...

's ''Miracle Jump'' between May 2015 and January 2016, and was then transferred to ''

Weekly Young Jump is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's ''Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in ''tankōbon'' v ...

'' starting from March 2016. It was the 9th best selling manga in Japan in 2019, with over 4 million copies sold. In 2020, he won the 65th

Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan, Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being ...

in the general category with the manga. Starting from April 2020, his work ''

Oshi no Ko (stylized as''【Oshi No Ko】'') is a Japanese manga series written by Aka Akasaka and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Young Jump'' since April 2020, with its chapters collected in nine ''tank� ...

'', which is illustrated by

Mengo Yokoyari is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted as an adult manga artist in 2009. Her most famous work is the series '' Scum's Wish'', which was adapted in a one-season TV anime series by the studio Lerche. Works * (2010–2012) * (2011) * (2012� ...

, is serialized on ''Weekly Young Jump'' and is his second active series on the magazine at the same time. In August 2021, ''Oshi no Ko'' won the

Next Manga Award The is an annual award for manga series presented by Kadokawa Corporation's ''Da Vinci'' magazine and Niconico streaming website. It is divided into two categories: one for print manga, and one for web manga. Overview The award was originally e ...

in the print category. In addition, he contributed to the background assets of the visual novel video game Subarashiki Hibi, released in Japan in 2010.

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* (2011-2012, story by Hikaru Sugii, character design by Ryō Ueda) * (2013-2015) * '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' (2015–2022) * (2020–present, illustrated by

)

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* * based on Living people Manga artists from Niigata Prefecture 1988 births Pseudonymous artists {{Manga-artist-stub

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