is a Japanese

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from Kyoto Prefecture. After graduating from

Kanazawa University Kanazawa University ( ja, 金沢大学, Kanazawa Daigaku, abbreviated to ja, 金大, Kindai) is a Japanese national university in the city of Kanazawa, the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture. Founded in 1862, it was chartered as a university in 194 ...

he worked as a manga assistant for, among others,

Eiichiro Oda is a Japanese manga artist and the creator of the series ''One Piece'' (1997–present). With more than 516.5 million ''tankōbon'' copies in circulation worldwide, ''One Piece'' is both the best-selling manga in history and the best-se ...

and Jin Kobayashi. His first professionally published work was ''CHILDS'' published in the 1999 winter edition of

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. In 2006 his sports manga '' P2! -let's Play Pingpong!-'' was serialized in

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. His latest work is

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, which celebrates

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’ 55th anniversary and has been licensed in English by

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Works

* ''CHILDS'' (1999,

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) * ''Oasis Dancer'' (2000, Shueisha) * ''World 4U'' (2003-2006, Shueisha) - string of one-shots published between 2003 and 2014. Serialized in 'Jump Plus' (2014 - 2015) * '' P2! -let's Play Pingpong!-'' (2006 – 2007 Shueisha) * '' Papa no Iu Koto o Kikinasai! - Sorairo no Hibiki'' (2011-ongoing, Shueisha) (illustrator) * ''

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'' (2012-2014, Shueisha) -adaptation of the anime based on the original work of ''Rin Inumaru''. * (2015–present),

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(illustrator).

References

External links

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Ejiri's Twitter Account
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ejiri, Tatsuma 1975 births Living people Manga artists from Kyoto Prefecture Kanazawa University alumni