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 has written and drawn ''

Yume Tsukai is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Riichi Ueshiba. The series is a spin-off of Ueshiba's earlier manga, ''Discommunication''. It was made into an anime television series produced by Madhouse that aired on some UHF stati ...

'' (''Dream User'') and '' Nazo no Kanojo X'' (''Mysterious Girlfriend X''), both of which were adapted into anime series. Another of his works, ''Discommunication'', had its main characters animated in the 14th OVA episode of ''Mysterious Girlfriend X'' as a cameo appearance. ''Mysterious Girlfriend X'' is licensed in North America by

Vertical Vertical is a geometric term of location which may refer to: * Vertical direction, the direction aligned with the direction of the force of gravity, up or down * Vertical (angles), a pair of angles opposite each other, formed by two intersecting s ...

. ''Discommunication'' has been licensed by

J-Novel Club J-Novel Club is a publishing company specializing in the translation of Japanese light novels into English. It streams light novels and manga in regular installments before publishing finalized e-books. As of August 2021, J-Novel Club has license ...

and is being released in English digitally.

Works

* (1991–1999, serialized in ''

Afternoon Afternoon is the time after solar noon. It is the time when the sun is descending from its peak in the sky to somewhat before its terminus at the horizon in the west. In human life, it occupies roughly the latter half of the standard work a ...

'',

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 ...

) * (1998, serialized in ''Afternoon'', Kodansha) * (1999–2000, serialized in ''Afternoon'', Kodansha) * (2001–2004, serialized in ''Afternoon'', Kodansha) * (2004–2014, serialized in ''Afternoon'', Kodansha) * (2017–2020, serialized in ''Afternoon'', Kodansha)

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* 1969 births Manga artists from Fukuoka Prefecture Living people {{manga-artist-stub