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 ...

, best known as the creator of sports manga ''

Kuroko's Basketball is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2008 to September 2014, with its chapters collected in 30 ...

'' and golf-based '' Robot × LaserBeam'', both serialized in ''

Weekly Shōnen Jump is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the ''Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. The chapters of the series that run ...

''.

Biography

Fujimaki attended

Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School is a public day school run by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The campus is located in Toyama 3-chome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. It has been designated as a Super Science High School (SSH) by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and T ...

and enrolled in

Sophia University Sophia University (Japanese: 上智大学, ''Jōchi Daigaku''; Latin: ''Universitas Sedis Sapientiae'') is a private research university in Japan. Sophia is one of the three ''Sōkeijōchi'' (早慶上智) private universities, a group of the to ...

. In 2011, on Nikkei Entertainment's list of most successful manga artist's he ranked 25th. On October 16, 2013, threatening letters were sent to Fujimaki and high schools and colleges affiliated with him. The letters carried the message "If you do not stop the parody manga, you will get hydrogen sulfide", accompanying unknown powder substances.Kuroko's Basketball Creator Received Threat Notes With Powder, Liquid
/ref> After the arrival of many other threat letters, Fujimaki eventually stated that he will continue the manga "no matter what". On December 16, 2013, the suspect was finally arrested. Not an acquaintance of Fujimaki, he told the police that he was "jealous of uthor'ssuccess."

Selected works

* ''

'' (2008–2014; serialized in ''

'') ** ''Kuroko's Basketball: Extra Game'' (2014–2016; serialized in ''

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'') * '' Robot × LaserBeam'' (2017–2018; serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'') * ''Kill Blue'' (2023–present; serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'')

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fujimaki, Tadatoshi Living people 1982 births Sophia University alumni Manga artists from Tokyo