is a Japanese
manga artist.
He is known for his love of automobiles and motorcycles, and several of his series and their characters reflect this, such as in ''
éX-Driver
is an anime OVA series planned, drafted and designed by manga artist Kōsuke Fujishima. It is produced by Bandai Visual, Dentsu, Genco, Faith and Actas. The anime series spanned 6 episodes, as well as a feature movie, entitled ''éX-Driv ...
'' and ''Oh My Goddess!''.
Early life and career
Born in
Chiba,
Japan, he first came to public attention as an editor of ''Puff'' magazine, his first job after completing high school. Fujishima originally intended to be a draftsman, but took the editorial role after failing to get a drafting apprenticeship. He later became
assistant to manga artist
Tatsuya Egawa
is a Japanese manga artist and film director. He is probably best known for his '' Golden Boy'' manga series, which debuted in 1992. Egawa is known for his drawings of over-the-top facial expressions always crediting the staff of his creations, ...
in the production of the ''Making Be Free!'' manga, and in 1986 began his first original manga series ''
You're Under Arrest''. His second manga series ''
Oh My Goddess!
, or ''Ah! My Goddess!'' in some releases, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima. It was serialized in Kodansha's Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' from September 1988 to ...
'', also translated as ''Ah! My Goddess'', is Fujishima's most famous work, which made him a household name in Japan. He is also well known as the character designer for several games in the ''
Tales'' series and ''
Sakura Wars
is a Japanese steampunk media franchise created by Oji Hiroi and owned by Sega. It is focused around a series of cross-genre video games. The first game in the series was released in 1996, with five sequels and numerous spin-off titles being ...
''.
Personal life
On June 29, 2016, the famous 20-year-old cosplayer Nekomu Otogi announced her marriage to Fujishima as well as her pregnancy on her Twitter page. Both of them had known each other on Twitter approximately since 2014.
On July 7, 2016, Fujishima confirmed the marriage on his Twitter account.
Works
References
* "Ah! Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa". ''Newtype USA'' 6 (12) 15. December 2007. .
* Nakagami, Yoshikatsu et al. "You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle". ''Newtype USA'' 6 (12) 48–49. December 2007. .
External links
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1964 births
Living people
Anime character designers
People from Chiba (city)
Manga artists from Chiba Prefecture