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 ...

, known for creating the

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 ''

The Prince of Tennis is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 1999 to March 2008, with its chapters collected in forty-two ''tankōbon'' volumes. ...

''.

Financial standing

Every year the

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releases a list of the highest income tax payers for entertainers in Japan. The higher someone's income tax, the higher their actual presumed earnings; however it is possible for a person to have paid more taxes than another person who made more money. Takeshi Konomi placed number nine on this list in 2002. On January 15, 2014, Takeshi announced that he will return to

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 ''

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 ...

'' magazine.

Works

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'', a manga about tennis and at one time the most popular sports manga in Japan (July 1999 – March 2008) *'' The Prince of After School'', a spin-off of ''The Prince of Tennis'' (November 2008 – present) *''

The Prince of Tennis II ''The Prince of Tennis II'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. It is a sequel to Konomi's manga series ''The Prince of Tennis''. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' m ...

'', a continuation of ''The Prince of Tennis'' (March 2009 – present) *''Cool -Rental Body Guard-'' *''Moon Walker'', a one-shot manga

References

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The Princess of Tennis
- book written by an American that worked as Konomi's assistant. {{DEFAULTSORT:Konomi, Takeshi Living people 1970 births Manga artists from Osaka Prefecture People from Toyonaka, Osaka