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 is well known for his manga '' Go-toubun no Hanayome'', which was serialized in

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

's ''

Weekly Shōnen Magazine is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga anthology published on Wednesdays in Japan by Kodansha, first published on March 17, 1959. The magazine is mainly read by an older audience, with a significant portion of its readership falling under the male high ...

'' from August 2017 to February 2020. In May 2019, he won the award for Best Shōnen Manga at the 43rd annual

Kodansha Manga Award is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in three categories: '' shōnen'', '' shōjo'', and general. The awards began in 1977, initially w ...

s, alongside Ōima Yoshitoki's ''

To Your Eternity is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshitoki Ōima. It has been serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since November 2016, with individual chapters collected by Kodansha into eighteen ''tankōbon'' volumes as of Sept ...

''. It was the 5th best selling manga in Japan in 2019. According to Haruba, his pen name "Haruba Negi" comes from the protagonist of ''

Negima! Magister Negi Magi ''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Kodansha's '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from February 2003 to March 2012, with its chapters ...

'', Negi Springfield. On the award ceremony of the 43rd annual Kodansha Manga Awards, Haruba said it was "special to him" to be selected by Akamatsu Ken, who was one of the judges of the award and the creator of ''Negima! Magister Negi Magi''.

Works

Serials

* (Story: Shun Hirose, ''

'', 2014–2015) * (''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', 2017–2020) * (''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', 2021–ongoing)

One-shots

* ''Coward-Cross-World'' (''Magazine SPECIAL'' 2013 Issue 4) * ''Ura Sekai Communication'' (''

Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks) under the ''Dengeki'' brand. Many manga serialized in ''Dengeki Daioh'' were later published in ''tankōbon'' volumes under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Comi ...

'', September, 2014) * ''Vampire Killer'' (''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', 2016 Merger Issue 2 and 3) * ''Go-Tōbun no Hanayome'' (''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', 2017 Issue 8)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haruba, Negi Living people 1991 births Manga artists from Aichi Prefecture Pseudonymous artists