is a Japanese

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 ...

storywriter,

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and

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. Under the name Yuma Ando, he received the 2003

Kodansha Manga Award is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in three categories: '' shōnen'', '' shōjo'', and general. The awards began in 1977, initially w ...

for '' shōnen'' for writing ''Kunimitsu no Matsuri''. The pen name "Tadashi Agi" (亜樹直) is shared with his sister . He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi Senior High School and

Waseda University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerou ...

School of Economics & Political Science.

Pen names

Besides the main pen-name of "Tadashi Agi", Shin Kibayashi also goes by other pen names: *Seimaru Amagi (天樹征丸 ''Amagi Seimaru'') *Yuma Ando (安童夕馬 ''Andō Yūma'') *Yuya Aoki (青樹佑夜 ''Aoki Yūya'') *Jōji Arimori (有森丈時 ''Arimori Jōji'') *Hiroaki Igano (伊賀大晃 ''Igano Hiroaki'') *Ryō Ryūmon (龍門諒 ''Ryūmon Ryō'') *S.K

Works

As Seimaru Amagi

* (1992–present,

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 ...

), original idea; English translation: ''

Kindaichi Case Files is a Japanese detective fiction, mystery manga series based on the crime solving adventures of a high school student, Hajime Kindaichi, the supposed grandson of the famous (fictional) private detective Kosuke Kindaichi. Written ...

'' (2004–2008,

Tokyopop Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa and Western manga-style works. The German publishing division produces German translations of licensed J ...

) * (2001–2005, Kodansha) * (2002–2004, Kodansha); English translation: '' Remote'' (2004–2006, Tokyopop) * (2014–2017,

DeNA Dena (in Luri and fa, ) is the name for a sub-range within the Zagros Mountains, Iran. Mount Dena, with length and average width, is situated on the boundary of the Isfahan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Provin ...

) * (2016–ongoing,

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...

)

As Tadashi Agi

* (1994–1995, Kodansha) * (1995–2003, Kodansha) * (2004, Kodansha) * (2004–2014, Kodansha); English translation: ''

The Drops of God is a Japanese manga series about wine. It is created and written by Tadashi Agi, a pseudonym employed by creative team of sister and brother Yuko and Shin Kibayashi, with artwork by Shu Okimoto. The story is told in two parts – the first ...

'' (2011–2012,

Vertical Vertical is a geometric term of location which may refer to: * Vertical direction, the direction aligned with the direction of the force of gravity, up or down * Vertical (angles), a pair of angles opposite each other, formed by two intersecting s ...

) * (2014–2015, Kodansha) * (2015–ongoing, Kodansha)

As Yuma Ando

* (1996–2000, Kodansha) * (2001–2005, Kodansha) * (Shogakukan) (2003–2005, Kodansha) * (2006–2009, Kodansha) * (2011–hiatus, Kodansha) * (2011–2013, Kodansha); English translation: ''

Sherlock Bones , also known as ''Sherlock the Detective Dog'' or ''Tanteiken Sherdock'' in Japan, is the story of a young teenage boy who adopts a dog from the pound. Once the young boy discovers that his dog can talk with his grandfather's old pipe, they ...

'' (2013–2014,

Kodansha USA Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC is a publishing company based in New York, USA, and a subsidiary of Japan's largest publishing company Kodansha. Established in July 2008, Kodansha USA publishes books relating to Japan, Japanese culture, and mang ...

) * (2014–ongoing, Kodansha) * (2014–2016, DeNA)

As Yuya Aoki

* (1999–2007 Kodansha); English translation: ''

GetBackers is a Japanese manga series written by Yuya Aoki and illustrated by Rando Ayamine. The series was serialized in Kodansha's '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1999 until 2007, totaling 39 volumes. The plot follows the "GetBackers", a group t ...

'' (2004–2008, Tokyopop) * (2003 Kodansha); English translation: ''

Psycho Busters is a light novel series written by Yuya Aoki and drawn by Rando Ayamine. It was published by Kodansha in Japan and is licensed by Del Rey in the United States. Plot The story follows the life of Kakeru, while wishing for something a litt ...

'' (2008–2009,

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 rela ...

) * (2010–ongoing, Kodansha)

As Jōji Arimori

* (2000–2001, Kodansha) * (2001–2002, Kodansha)

As Hiroaki Igano

* (2006–2017, Kodansha) * (2021-On going, Kodansha)

As Ryō Ryūmon

* (2007–2009, Kodansha)

As Shin Kibayashi

* (2009, Kodansha) * (2017–ongoing, Kodansha)

Other media

The main characters of Magazine Mystery Reportage were based on then editors of Weekly Shonen Magazine, including Kibayashi who acts as the leader of the team investigating various conspiracies. On January 14, 2015, it was announced through

Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...

that Kibayashi was writing the story for the fourteenth ''

Fire Emblem is a fantasy tactical role-playing game franchise developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. First produced and published for the Famicom in 1990, the series currently consists of sixteen core entries and five spinoffs. Game ...

'' game, entitled ''

Fire Emblem Fates ''Fire Emblem Fates'' is a tactical role-playing video game for the Nintendo 3DS handheld video game console, developed by Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD and published by Nintendo. It was released in June 2015 in Japan, then released inter ...

.'' On August 31, 2021,

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announced that they are working with Shin Kibayashi on an original anime series titled ''Lady Napoleon''.

References

External links

"Kami no Shizuku" author's wine diary

Seimaru Amagi Diary
* 1962 births Japanese mystery writers Living people Manga artists from Tokyo Manga writers Waseda University alumni Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōnen) Writers from Tokyo {{manga-artist-stub