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 known for writing and illustrating ''
Teasing Master Takagi-san
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sōichirō Yamamoto. The series features the daily life of Takagi, who loves to tease her classmate Nishikata, and Nishikata's failed attempts to get back at her. In North America, the ...
'', ''
In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sōichirō Yamamoto. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Sunday'' from January 2018 to May 2023, with its chapters collected in nine ''tankōbon ...
'', and ''
When Will Ayumu Make His Move?''.
Personal life
Yamamoto was born and raised in the town of
Tonoshō in
Shōdoshima
Shōdoshima or is an island located in the Seto Inland Sea, Inland Sea of Japan. The name means "Island of Azuki bean, Small Beans". There are two towns on the island: Tonoshō, Kagawa, Tonoshō and Shodoshima, Kagawa, Shōdoshima, composing the ...
, an island part of
Kagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the southwest and Tok ...
. His hometown would later serve as the setting for ''Teasing Master Takagi-san''.
He is a graduate of
Kyoto Seika University Faculty of Art.
Works
Manga
* ''
Teasing Master Takagi-san
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sōichirō Yamamoto. The series features the daily life of Takagi, who loves to tease her classmate Nishikata, and Nishikata's failed attempts to get back at her. In North America, the ...
'' (2013–ongoing, currently serialized in ''
Monthly Shōnen Sunday
, alternately known as , is a monthly '' shōnen'' manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since May 12, 2009 (the June 2009 issue). The magazine was announced in February 2009, with Hayashi Masato, at that time editor of ''Weekly Shōnen ...
'')
* ''Fudatsuki no Kyoko-chan'' (2013–2016, serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen Sunday'')
* ''Ashita wa Doyōbi'' (2014–2015, serialized in ''Yomiuri Chūkōsei Shimbun'')
* ''
In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sōichirō Yamamoto. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Sunday'' from January 2018 to May 2023, with its chapters collected in nine ''tankōbon ...
'' (2018–ongoing, currently serialized in ''
Monthly Shōnen Sunday
, alternately known as , is a monthly '' shōnen'' manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since May 12, 2009 (the June 2009 issue). The magazine was announced in February 2009, with Hayashi Masato, at that time editor of ''Weekly Shōnen ...
'')
* ''
When Will Ayumu Make His Move?'' (2019–ongoing, currently serialized in ''
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 ...
'')
* ''Kaijū no Tokage'' (2019–2020, serialized in ''Bessatsu Shōnen Champion'')
References
External links
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1986 births
Manga artists from Kagawa Prefecture
Living people