Tadatoshi Fujimaki (藤巻 忠俊, Fujimaki Tadatoshi, born June 9, 1982) is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of sports manga Kuroko's Basketball and Robot × LaserBeam, as well as Kill Blue, all of which have been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Biography

Fujimaki attended Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School and enrolled in Sophia University.[1]

In 2011, on Nikkei Entertainment's list of most successful manga artist's he ranked 25th.[2]

On October 16, 2013, threatening letters were sent to Fujimaki and high schools and colleges affiliated with him. The letters carried the message "If you do not stop the parody manga, you will get hydrogen sulfide", accompanying unknown powder substances.[1] After the arrival of many other threat letters, Fujimaki eventually stated that he will continue the manga "no matter what".[3] On December 16, 2013, the suspect was finally arrested. Not an acquaintance of Fujimaki, he told the police that he was "jealous of [author's] success."[4][5][6]

Works

Title Japanese title/Romaji Date Volumes Magazine
Kuroko's Basketball 黒子のバスケ
Kuroko no Basuke		 December 8, 2008 – September 1, 2014[7] 30 Weekly Shōnen Jump
Kuroko's Basketball: Extra Game 黒子のバスケ EXTRA GAME
Kuroko no Basuke Extra Game		 December 29, 2014 – March 3, 2016[8] 2 Jump Next!
Robot × LaserBeam ROBOT×LASERBEAM March 18, 2017 – June 25, 2018[9] 7 Weekly Shōnen Jump
Kill Blue キルアオ
Kiru Ao		 April 17, 2023 – present[10] 4

References

  1. ^ a b Kuroko's Basketball Creator Received Threat Notes With Powder, Liquid
  2. ^ Top 50 Manga Creators by Sales Since 2010
  3. ^ Kuroko's Basketball Creator: Will Continue Manga 'No Matter What'
  4. ^ Kuroko's Basketball Suspect: 'I Was Jealous of Author's Success'
  5. ^ "Kuroko's Basketball Creator Responds to Arrest in Poison Threat Case". Anime News Network. December 28, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  6. ^ "Suspect Arrested in Kuroko's Basketball Poison Threat Case". Anime News Network. December 15, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  7. ^ Ressler, Karen (August 27, 2014). "Kuroko's Basketball Manga to End". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  8. ^ Loo, Egan (December 27, 2015). "Kuroko's Basketball Extra Game Manga to End in Early March". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  9. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 24, 2018). "Robot × Laserbeam, ZIGA Manga Both End in Shōnen Jump". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  10. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 2, 2023). "Food Wars, Kuroko's Basketball Authors Each Launch New Manga in Shonen Jump". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

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