is a Japanese manga artist. His most famous works are '' Go!! Southern Ice Hockey Club'', '' Katteni Kaizō'', ''

Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōji Kumeta. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from April 2005 to June 2012, with its chapters collected in 30 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The series follows Noz ...

'', and '' Joshiraku''. The bulk of Kumeta's work was published in ''

Weekly Shōnen Sunday is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' issues are released on Wednesdays. ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' has sold over 1.8billion copies since 1986, ...

'', until the abrupt cancellation of ''Katteni Kaizō'', which resulted in him transferring from

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 H ...

to Kodansha. As of 2014, he has gone freelance. His most recent serializations were ''Studio Pulp'' for ''Rakuen Le Paradis'' of

Hakusensha is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company mainly publishes manga magazines and is involved in series' productions in their games, original video animation, music, and their animated TV series. The c ...

and ''

Kakushigoto is a Japanese comedy manga series by Kōji Kumeta. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine'' from December 2015 to July 2020, and has been collected in twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes. An anime television series adaptation ...

'' in ''

Monthly Shōnen Magazine is a monthly shōnen manga magazine published in Japan by Kodansha. It was launched in 1964 under the name . In 1969 it was retitled as and its publication frequency increased from quarterly to monthly. After suspension in 1974 it started pu ...

'', both of which concluded their run in 2020. ''Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei'' was his first work to be adapted into an

anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...

and was awarded the 31st Kodansha Manga Award in the '' shōnen'' category.

Works

Manga

* * * * * * *, story * * * *, story *

Anime

*, original character design

Assistants

Kenjiro Hata is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the ''Hayate the Combat Butler'' series. He likes to collect anime related items, like figurines, and was once an assistant of Kōji Kumeta. He is married to voice actress Masumi Asano. Ca ...

*Maeda-kun (also known as MAEDAX, MAEDAX G, MAEDAX Roman)

References

External links

Kōji Kumeta at Websunday.net's Back Stage

Weekly Shōnen Magazine: Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei official site
1967 births Manga artists from Kanagawa Prefecture Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōnen) People from Yokosuka, Kanagawa Living people Wako University alumni {{manga-artist-stub