Hiroyuki Asada
Born February 15, 1968 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan is a Japanese manga artist who is best known for his gaslamp fantasy series Tegami Bachi ("Letter Bee"). The first manga series he created was called I'll, and was a basketball series. All of Asada's manga were serialized in the monthly shōnen anthology Monthly Shōnen Jump (which has since been discontinued; Tegami Bachi now appears in its replacement Jump Square).
Hiroyuki Asada
- Name
- Hiroyuki Asada
- Born
- 15 February 1968
- Birthplace
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Occupation
- Manga artist
- Known for
- Tegami Bachi
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
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Born February 15, 1968 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan is a Japanese manga artist who is best known for his gaslamp fantasy series Tegami Bachi ("Letter Bee"). The first manga series he created was called I'll, and was a basketball series. All of Asada's manga were serialized in the monthly shōnen anthology Monthly Shōnen Jump (which has since been discontinued; Tegami Bachi now appears in its replacement Jump Square).
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Hiroyuki Asada (born 1968) is an illustrator and mangaka, of Japanese nationality. The illustrator was born in Yokohama.
Among the works is Tegami Bachi. Languages used include Japanese.
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He made his debut in 1986. He acquired a fanbase with Mint: Sleeping Rabbit, Renka by degrees, and his popularity improved with I'll. In his personal life, he is part of a unit with Shou Tajima (best known for Psych) and Takeshi Obata (best known for Hikaru no Go and Death Note), and his creation activity with "AQUARIOS 3".
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Key facts
• Name — Hiroyuki Asada • Born — 15 February 1968 • Birthplace — Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan • Occupation — Manga artist • Known for — Tegami Bachi
Manga
Manga
• Hades (oneshot) • Bad da ne Yoshiokun! • Mint: Sleeping Rabbit • Renka • Indian Summer (oneshot) • I'll • Tegami Bachi • Pez (oneshot)
Other works
Other works
• Cheer Boys!! (anime, original character designs, 2016) • Akanesasu Shōjo (multimedia franchise, character designs and concept art, 2018) • Dororo (2019) (anime, original character designs, 2019)
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Life and career
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1968
Hiroyuki Asada was born in 1968 at Yokohama.
Miscellaneous Illustrations
• Provided an illustration for the TV Anime based on Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei shown at the end of the eighth episode of Zan: Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei.
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- “Hiroyuki Asada”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Crunchyroll Gets Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee TV Anime (Update 2). Anime News Network. September 28, 2009.
- 2.Cheer Boys!! TV Anime About Men's Cheerleading Revealed With Promotional Video. Anime News Network.
- 3.Pineda, Rafael Antonio. Animax Reveals 20th Anniversary TV Anime/Game App Akanesasu Shōjo. Anime News Network. March 21, 2018.
- 4.Trlica, Martina. Dororo Reveals Third Trailer and Ending by Amazarashi. MANGA.TOKYO. March 21, 2018.
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