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 ...

. He made his debut with ''Sono Tomodachi ni Gimon Ari'' story in 1995 in

Weekly Young Magazine is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha. The magazine was started on June 23, 1980 and is targeted at the adult male ( ''seinen'') demographic. It was published bimonthly (under the title ), on the seco ...

. He is best known as the creator of ''

Prison School is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Hiramoto. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from February 2011 to December 2017. Yen Press licensed the manga for English release in North America. The stor ...

'', which won the General Manga Category award at the 2013 Kodansha Awards, and ''

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'', which has won the 2009

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for the Best Reprint Publication.

Works

* (1997–2009) —– Writer, artist * (2004–2008, 2015–present) —– Writer, artist * (2007–2008) —– Writer, artist * (2011) —– Writer, artist * (2011–2017) —– Writer, artist *''

Raw Hero ''Raw Hero'' (stylized as ''RaW HERO'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Hiramoto. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Evening'' from September 2018 to August 2020, with its chapters collected in six ''tankōbon'' volu ...

'' (2018–2020) —– Writer, artist * (2022–present) —– Writer, artist * (2022–present) —– Artist; written by

Muneyuki Kaneshiro is a Japanese manga artist. He debuted in 2011 with ''As the Gods Will'', which was adapted into a live-action film. After serializing several other works, he launched ''Blue Lock'' with Yusuke Nomura in 2018, which won the 45th Kodansha Manga Aw ...

References

External links

Akira Hiramoto
s manga works at Media Arts Database
Akira Hiramoto
s manga volumes at Kodansha * 1976 births Living people Manga artists from Okinawa Prefecture People from Okinawa Prefecture Ryukyuan people Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General) {{Manga-artist-stub