is a Japanese

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creator from Shobara, Hiroshima, Japan. He has stated in an interview that he was a member of his high school's track and field team and that he loves to watch baseball, both of which are emphasized in his hit manga '' Suzuka''. He debuted in 1996 with the one-shot ''HALF & HALF'' in ''Magazine Fresh''. His first three series, ''W's'', ''Cross Over'' and ''Suzuka'' mixed the

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s of

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with

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romance. ''W's'' used

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, ''Cross Over'' featured

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, while ''Suzuka'' focused on

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. He was an assistant to Tsukasa Ōshima, and respects Fujiko F. Fujio and Masahito Soda. In 2009 he designed the High School Girl Kimchi for Hokubi Construction food company.

Works

;Manga * ''HALF & HALF'' (1996 ''Magazine Fresh''; 2007 ''

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'' (reprint);

Kodansha is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Eveni ...

) * (2000–2001 Kodansha) * ''Cross Over'' (2002–2003 ''

Weekly Shōnen Magazine is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga magazine published on Wednesdays in Japan by Kodansha, first published on March 17, 1959. The magazine is mainly read by an older audience, with a significant portion of its readership falling under the male high ...

''; Kodansha) * (2004–2007 ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine''; Kodansha) * (2007 Kodansha) ** (2005 ''Shōnen Magazine Wonder''; Kodansha) ** ''HALF & HALF'' (2007 ''Magazine Special''; Kodansha) ** (2007 ''Magazine Special''; Kodansha) * (2008–2014 ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine''; Kodansha) * '' Princess Lucia'' (2009–2015 '' Monthly Comic Blade'';

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) * (2010–2011 ''

Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Kōdansha. The magazine was started in September 2009 as a spin-off of another Kōdansha magazine, '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine''. Currently running manga series Past series * '' ×××Hol ...

''; Kodansha) * ''Half & half'' (2012–2016 ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine''; Kodansha) * (2014–2018 ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine''; Kodansha) * ''

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'' (2018–2021) ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine''; Kodansha) * (2021–present) ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine''; Kodansha) ;Video games * ''

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'' (2017) Lute artwork

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seo, Koji Manga artists from Hiroshima Prefecture 1974 births Living people People from Shōbara