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Kohei Horikoshi ( (ほり) (こし) (こう) (へい) Horikoshi Kōhei?), born November 20, 1986, is a Japanese manga artist known for creating the manga series My Hero Academia.

Biography

A mangaka from Aichi Prefecture, Kohei Horikoshi is a graduate of the Nagoya University of Arts. He was a former assistant for Yasuki Tanaka, creator, and author of the manga series Hitomi no Catoblepas and Kagijin.

Horikoshi's favorite manga series include Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, and Akira. In a farewell bid upon the conclusion of the former, Horikoshi referred to it as the greatest shonen manga ever, as Naruto made up his childhood and was one of the primary inspirations behind My Hero Academia. In turn, upon the release of the My Hero Academia anime, Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto congratulated Horikoshi in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump.

Works

Oneshots

Title Issue Pages
Anthology Issue Number and Year Release Date
Tenko

(テンコ)

Akamaru Jump Summer, 2007[1] September 25, 2007 47
My Hero

(僕のヒーロー Boku no Hīrō)

Akamaru Jump Winter, 2008[2] February 8, 2008 47
Shinka Rhapsody

(進化ラプソディ Shinka Rapusodi)

Akamaru Jump Summer, 2008[3] September 25, 2008 49
Oumagadoki Zoo

(逢魔ヶ刻動物園 Ōmagadoki Dōbutsuen)

Weekly Shonen Jump 2, 2010[4] December 14, 2009 47
Space Shonen Bulge

(宇宙少年バルジ Uchū Shōnen Baruji)

Jump NEXT! Summer, 2011[5] August 12, 2011 49

Serials

Title Anthology First Issue Last Issue Span
Chapters Volumes
Oumagadoki Zoo

(逢魔ヶ刻動物園 Ōmagadoki Dōbutsuen)

Weekly Shonen Jump 32, 2010

July 12, 2010

19, 2011

April 18, 2011

37 5
Barrage

(戦星のバルジ Sensei no Baruji)

Weekly Shonen Jump 25, 2012

May 21, 2012

41, 2012

September 10, 2012

16 2
My Hero Academia

(僕のヒーローアカデミア Boku no Hīrō Akademia)

Weekly Shonen Jump 32, 2014

July 7, 2014

36-37, 2024

August 5, 2024

430 42

Mentors

  • Yasuki Tanaka (Hitomi no Catoblepas, Kagijin)

Assistants

  • Shingo Sasai
  • Yoco Akiyama (Volume 1 to present)
  • Hirofumi Neda (Volume 1 to Volume 6, left to focus on his spin-off manga in Jump)
  • Takuo Nagoya
  • Hiroyuki Fujiya
  • Kazuhiro Watanabe
  • Mitsuo Yuzawa
  • Ryu Horie (Volume 1 to Volume 6)
  • Ippei Watanabe
  • Keisuke Ikeda
  • Fujiya Hiroyumi
  • Rin Matsui

Editors

Gallery

Sketches

Author's Notes

  • The collection of Kohei Horikoshi's Notes of My Hero Academia: Author's Notes.

Trivia

  • In November of 2014, Horikoshi asked his followers on Twitter to think of ideas for new Quirks and send them to him. He then goes on to say he might turn that Quirk into a real hero and announce it at Jump Fiesta 2015.
  • On May 29th, 2018 it was announced that Horikoshi would be attending San Diego Comic-Con International. This was his first trip to the United States, and his first trip outside of Japan.
  • Horikoshi 's rankings in the Popularity Polls are as follows:
    • In the first Popularity Poll, Horikoshi ranked 17th.
    • In the fifth Popularity Poll, Horikoshi's hand ranked 35th.
    • In the sixth Popularity Poll, Horikoshi ranked 39th.
  • Horikoshi was a guest artist in Chapter 10 of the Shonen Jump/Marvel collaboration, Deadpool: Samurai, which featured a cameo appearance from All Might, through both reused and original art from Horikoshi.
  • Horikoshi decorates his studio with various figurines of Marvel Comics and Hollywood films such as Star Wars franchise, and kaiju from Gamera and Godzilla franchises.[6]

External links

References

See also

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