One (stylized as ONE) or Tomohiro is the pseudonym of 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 ...

, who is best known for his

web manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

series ''

One-Punch Man is a Japanese superhero manga series created by One. It tells the story of Saitama, a superhero who, because he can defeat any opponent with a single punch, grows bored from a lack of challenge. One wrote the original webcomic manga v ...

'', which was later remade into a digital

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

illustrated by

Yusuke Murata is a Japanese manga artist and animator, best known for illustrating One's ''One-Punch Man'', serialized in the ''Weekly Young Jump'' online version. Murata's other major work is his illustration of the American football manga ''Eyeshield 21'' ...

. ''One'' serializes the ''One-Punch Man'' webcomic on his own website under no official publisher, while the manga remake is serialized in the web version of ''

Weekly Young Jump is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's ''Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in ''tankōbon'' v ...

''. His other well-known series, ''

Mob Psycho 100 is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by One. It was serialized on Shogakukan's ''Ura Sunday'' website from April 2012 to December 2017. It has been also available online on Shogakukan's mobile app ''MangaONE'' since Dec ...

'', was serialized in the online version of ''

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, ...

'', ''Ura Sunday''.

Biography

Early life

One was born in Niigata and grew up in Saitama. While visiting his grandparents in Niigata, his parents bought him a series of manga called '' Crayon Shin-chan'' by

Yoshito Usui was a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist known for the popular ''Crayon Shin-chan'' series. He was born in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Personal life In 1977, he graduated from Saitama Prefecture, Saitama Kasukabe, Saitama, Kasuka ...

. One was a fan of the manga, which influenced his decision to become a manga artist, and began practising on his notebook during middle and high school.

Career

In July 2009, One began publishing a short version of ''

'' in Shintosha, a comic-posting website. He later began irregularly uploading ''One-Punch Man'' to his web page FC2 on July 3, 2009. Originally, ''One-Punch Man'' was intended to be a one-off to further practice drawing, but became a series following positive reception. Due to its humorous setting and story, ''One-Punch Man'' became popular in Japan. One had a special interest in creating a protagonist that had already become the strongest in the world, which enabled him to concentrate on a different perspective of the background and storytelling. One stated that he envisioned the protagonist, Saitama, as a character capable of adapting to the world that surrounded him, with his primary obstacles being mundane things. Before One decided to become a full-time manga artist, he had taken several hiatuses from updating the webcomic, including a one-year hiatus in February 2010 to work at a full-time job, and a two-year hiatus after releasing the 109th chapter in January 2017. Manga artist

was interested in One's work and eventually reached out to One. The two would collaborate in publishing two one-shots in 2012; ''Dotō no Yūshatachi'', which released on April 1 in ''

'', and ''Dangan Tenshi Fan Club,'' which released on April 17 in ''Miracle Jump''. A remake of ''One-Punch Man'' began serialization in

Shueisha (lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...

's ''Tonari no Young Jump'' website on June 14, 2012. ''One-Punch Man'' would also receive an anime adaptation, announced in the 15th issue of ''Weekly Young Jump'' on March 10, 2015. The first season aired in Japan from October 5 to December 21, 2015, with live-action film adaptation also in development. The same year, One wrote and illustrated ''

'', which began serialization in

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...

's ''Ura Sunday'' webcomic magazine on April 18, 2012. The protagonist,

Shigeo Kageyama , nicknamed , is the protagonist from One's manga series ''Mob Psycho 100''. Shigeo Kageyama is an average middle school-aged boy. Although he looks like an inconspicuous person, he is in fact a powerful esper with immense psychic power. To keep ...

, is meant to come off as "somewhat standoffish or nerdy," while also possessing heroic traits. The series finished on December 22, 2017. On November 26, 2022, ''Versus'' began serialization 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 ''Shonen Sirius'' magazine, written by One and illustrated by Kyōtarō Azuma.

Works

Awards and nominations

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:One Living people Manga artists from Saitama Prefecture Pseudonymous artists One-Punch Man Japanese webcomic creators Anonymous artists Year of birth missing (living people)