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 ...

and illustrator. He is known as the creator of ''

Yozakura Quartet is a Japanese manga series created by Suzuhito Yasuda that began publishing by Kodansha in 2006, and was then published in the US by Del Rey in 2008. The anime adaptation aired from October 2 to December 18, 2008 in Japan and comprised 12 ...

'' and for illustrating the

light novel A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a ''wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...

series ''

Durarara!! , often shortened to ''DRRR!!'', is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita, with illustrations by Suzuhito Yasuda. ''Durarara!!'' tells the story of a dullahan working as an underworld courier in Ikebukuro, an internet ...

'' and ''

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? , also known as for short, and with English subtitle ''Familia Myth'', is a Japanese light novel series written by Fujino Ōmori and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda. SB Creative has published eighteen volumes since January 2013 under th ...

'', all of which have been adapted into

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

series. He is also the character designer for the '' Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor'' video game series and '' Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth''.

Biography

Suzuhito began drawing when he was 19 years old, after being inspired by

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's pictures. As an illustrator he usually works with novels; providing the cover art and illustrations. He also makes logo designs for companies and games.

Atlus is a Japanese video game developer, publisher, arcade manufacturer and distribution company based in Tokyo. A subsidiary of Sega, the company is known for video game series such as ''Megami Tensei'', ''Persona'', ''Etrian Odyssey'' and ''Trau ...

hired him to design the characters from '' Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor'' and '' Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2'' to appeal to a new audience.

Works

Character design

Games

*'' Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor'' *''

Unchained Blades ''Unchained Blades'', titled in Japan, is a dungeon crawler role-playing video game developed by Japanese developer FuRyu for the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Portable video game consoles. It was released in Japan on July 14, 2011, and in North ...

'' *'' Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2'' *'' Digimon World Re:Digitize'' *'' Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth'' *'' Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory'' *'' Unchained Blades Exxiv'' *'' Caladrius'' *''

Fire Emblem Heroes is a free-to-play tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for Android and iOS. The game is a mobile spin-off of the ''Fire Emblem'' series featuring its characters, and was released on February 2 ...

'' (original character designs)

Anime

*''

Gundam Build Fighters is a 2013 Japanese science fiction anime television series based on Sunrise's long-running ''Gundam'' franchise. The series is directed by Kenji Nagasaki of ''No. 6'' and written by Yōsuke Kuroda of ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00''. Character d ...

'' (2013, cooperation) *''

Ai Tenchi Muyo! is a Japanese anime series produced by AIC. The series is the 6th installment of the ''Tenchi Muyo!'' franchise and is sponsored by the city of Takahashi, Okayama in order to promote tourism for the city, and several new characters are based ...

'' (2014) *''

Dive!! ''Dive!'' (stylized as ''DIVE!!'') is a Japanese novel series written by Eto Mori and published in four volumes by Kodansha between August 2000 and August 2002. A manga adaptation, in collaboration with Masahiro Ikeno, was serialized in S ...

'' (2017, original character design) *''

Salaryman's Club , is an original Japanese anime television series animated by Liden Films, directed by Aimi Yamauchi and written by Yamauchi and Teruko Utsumi. Original character designs are provided by Suzuhito Yasuda, while Majiro adapts the designs for anim ...

'' (2022, original character design)

Other

*'' Hololive Indonesia - Kaela Kovalskia''

Artworks

*"Ebony & Ivory" chapters in '' Robot: Super Color Comic'' volume 1 and 2 *"Minus R" chapter in '' Robot: Super Color Comic'' volume 4

Light novel illustrations

* ''

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'' (2003–2008,

Media Factory , formerly is a Japanese publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing. History It was founded on December 1, 1986, and its headquarters are situated in Shibuya, Tokyo. It is a subsidiary of Recruit Co., Ltd. Media Factory was possi ...

) * ''

'' (2004–2014, ASCII Media Works) * ''

'' (2013–ongoing,

SB Creative is a Japanese publishing company and a subsidiary of the SoftBank telecommunications company. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), ...

) * '' Durarara!! SH'' (2014–ongoing, ASCII Media Works)

Manga

*''Pinky:Comic'' (2005, serialized in '' Comic Gum'',

Wani Books is a Japanese publishing company focused on 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 prehis ...

) * ''

'' (2006–ongoing, serialized in the ''

Monthly Shōnen Sirius is a Japanese monthly ''shōnen'' manga magazine published by Kodansha, and first issued in May 2005. It is issued in perfect-bound B5 format and retails for 580 yen. ''Monthly Shōnen Sirius'' is aimed at readers aged 16–21. The magazine 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 ...

) (2008 licensed by

Del Rey Manga Del Rey Manga was the manga-publishing imprint of Del Rey Books, a branch of Ballantine Books, which in turn is part of Random House, the publishing division of Bertelsmann. History Del Rey Manga was formed as part of a cross-publishing relation ...

) *''Bootsleg'' (2019, serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen Sirius'')

References

External links

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Suzuhito Yasuda manga
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