Kohei Horikoshi

Kohei Horikoshi (堀 (ほり) 越 (こし) 耕 (こう) 平 (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
Title	Anthology	Issue Number and Year	Release Date	Pages
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
Title	Anthology	First Issue	Last Issue	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

Koike (Horikoshi's Editor, One-Shot - Volume 1)
Monji (Horikoshi's Editor, Volume 1 - Volume 18)
Yoritomi (Horikoshi's Editor, Volume 19 - Volume 29)
Taguchi (Horikoshi's Editor, Volume 30 - Volume 36)
Imamura (Horikoshi's Editor, Volume 36 - Volume 42)

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

Kohei Horikoshi's Twitter.

References

Site Navigation

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Vigilantes	1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15
Team-Up Missions	1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6
Special	Omakes • Volume Origin • Volume Rising • Volume World Heroes • Volume Next
Databooks	Ultra Archive • Ultra Analysis
Authors	Kohei Horikoshi • Hideyuki Furuhashi • Betten Court • Yoco Akiyama • Author's Notes
Miscellaneous	Chapters and Volumes (Vigilantes • Team-Up Missions) • Volume Extras

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[6] Gigan Yamazaki, June 19th, 2016, 堀越耕平『僕のヒーローアカデミア』インタビュー　師弟関係の描写はあの映画からの影響大!!　そして今後の展開でデクたちの“アレ”が変わる……!?, Kono Manga ga Sugoi!

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