, is a Japanese manga artist known for his work on the manga series '' Soul Eater'' and '' Fire Force'', both of which have been adapted into

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television series. Ohkubo worked as an assistant under

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, on the manga series ''

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''. He also created some artworks for the video game TCG ''

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'', as well as some character designs in ''

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'' and '' Bravely Second: End Layer''.

Biography

Ohkubo was not a model student and was more attracted to drawing than to learning. At the age of 20, after finishing studies at a manga school where he met

, the artist of ''

'', he became Ayamine's assistant for two years. Finally, he won a competition at Square Enix's ''Gangan'' magazine with his first manga series ''

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'' and it was published in four volumes. After the end of his last manga, he created '' Soul Eater'', still for ''Gangan'', which brought him worldwide success. After that, he explored a little bit more of ''Soul Eater''s world in ''

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'', a side-story to the main series that ended in 5 volumes. In 2015, he started working on '' Fire Force'', published in ''

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'', making it the first weekly manga Ohkubo has done. In May 2020, Ohkubo announced that ''Fire Force'' would be his final manga.

Works

* (2001–2002) — Serialized in Square Enix's ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan''. * (2004–2013) — Serialized in Square Enix's ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan''. * (2011–2014) – Serialized in Square Enix's ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan''. * (2015–2022) – Serialized in Kodansha's ''

''.

Assistants

* Kei Urana ('' Gachiakuta'') * Tomoyuki Maru ''(Tripeace)'' * Takatoshi Shiozawa ''(FULL MOON)'' * Takuzi Kato (''

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'') *

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(''

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'')

References

External links

* * Living people Manga artists 1979 births {{manga-artist-stub