is a Japanese manga writer and artist from

Okinawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest city o ...

. He started making manga in 1990. Norihiro Yagi is a successful manga artist, having won the 32nd

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for his very first work: ''Undeadman''. ''Undeadman'' appeared in ''

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'' and has had two sequels. Yagi's first serialized manga was his comedy-genre '' Angel Densetsu'', which appeared in ''

'' from 1992 to 2000. His next-most recent work, ''

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'', ran in the magazine between 2001 and 2014, completing at 155 chapters.

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localized the manga for the North American market, and have released all 27 volumes in English as of October, 2015. His current series, '' Ariadne in the Blue Sky'', has been serialized in

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's ''

Weekly Shōnen Sunday is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' issues are released on Wednesdays. ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' has sold over 1.8billion copies since 1986, ...

'' since December 2017. Yagi's favorite things to do in his spare time are to listen to

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music, play video games, drive, and perform martial arts. Yagi's favorite Japanese comedic duo is

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Publications

* ''Undeadman'' – one-shot, 1990 * '' Angel Densetsu'' – 15 volumes, 1992 – 2000 * ''

'' – 27 volumes, 2001 – 2014 * ''Arcadia of the Moonlight'' – one-shot, 2017 * – 2017 – present

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Norihiro Yagi
at Media Arts Database * 1968 births Living people Manga artists from Okinawa Prefecture People from Naha People from Okinawa Prefecture Ryukyuan people {{manga-artist-stub