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 the manga ''
Over Drive'', and since 2013 for the manga ''
DAYS'' for which he won the prize for best ''shōnen'' manga at the 40th
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 ...
s in 2016. He previously worked as an assistant under
Taro Sekiguchi
is a Japanese motorcycle road racer. He was the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP250 champion in 2001 and the European 250cc champion in 2003.
Career
Sekiguchi began his Grand Prix career competing in the 1999 250cc Japanese Grand Prix. He suffered ...
on the manga serial ''
Wild Baseballers''.
Works
*''Fire & Ice''
*''Isshun no Kaze ni Nare''
*''
Over Drive''
*''Kuroneko Dance''
*''
Days''
*''InspiRED''
(collaboration manga between
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 ...
and
Liverpool FC)
References
External links
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Manga artists
1980 births
Living people
Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōnen)
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