Shigeya Suzuki (鈴木茂也, ''Suzuki Shigeya,'' born May 5, 1979), more commonly known under his pseudonym Akihito Tsukushi (つくしあきひと, ''Tsukushi Akihito'') is a Japanese illustrator,

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 ...

and designer from

Sagamihara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households, and a population density of 1,220 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city ...

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. Suzuki also goes by the name Ichimi Tokusa (とくさ一味, ''Tokusa Ichimi'').

Overview

Tsukushi hails from the

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, attending Tachibana Gakuen High School before graduating from Tokyo Design Academy in illustration. He worked at

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from 2000 to 2010 before becoming a freelance illustrator. During his time at Konami, he primarily worked in animation and designing the interface of titles such as '' Elebits,'' and the character design for the

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game '' Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero'' and the anime ''

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.'' After leaving Konami, Tsukushi began drawing manga, debuting in 2011 in the

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''Star Strings Yori'' (スターストリングスより). In 2012,

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began serializing his manga ''

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'' (メイドインアビス) on their ''Web Comic Gamma'' website. It would later receive an anime adaptation in 2017. His work is characterized by detailed descriptions and narrative drawings. He cites

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as a person he admires.

Works

Manga

*''

'' (メイドインアビス) (Published by

, 11 volumes, 2012 -) *'' From Star Strings'' (スターストリングスより) (Published by

, 1 volume, 2017 )

Anime

*''

'' (おとぎ銃士赤ずきん) (Character design) (is credited as Ichimi Tokusa in the OVA) *'' The Lost Village'' (迷家-マヨイガ-) (Nanaki village design)

Video games

*'' Elebits'' and '' Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero'' (Fine arts, character design) *''

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'' (OZ -オズ-) (Monster design, character animation) (is credited as Shigeya Suzuki) *''

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'' *''

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'' *'' Dewy's Adventure'' (水精デューイの大冒険!!) (Character design) *''Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness'' (Original story supervisor)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsukushi, Akihito Living people 1979 births People from Sagamihara Manga artists from Kanagawa Prefecture Konami people Japanese illustrators Pages with unreviewed translations