Yoshiki Tonogai
Yoshiki Tonogai is a Japanese manga artist from Shiga Prefecture, Japan. He is notable as the illustrator of one of the Higurashi When They Cry manga adaptations, Time Killing Arc. He is also the creator of Doubt, which was completed in February 2009.
Yoshiki Tonogai
- Born
- March 14
- Birthplace
- Shiga Prefecture, Japan
- Awards
- Square Enix Awards special grand prize
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- mangaka · illustrator
- Languages
- Japanese
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Yoshiki Tonogai is a Japanese manga artist from Shiga Prefecture, Japan. He is notable as the illustrator of one of the Higurashi When They Cry manga adaptations, Time Killing Arc. He is also the creator of Doubt, which was completed in February 2009.
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He followed up the Doubt series with two spiritual sequels, Judge and Secret, all connected by the recurring appearance of the iconic Rabbit mask from Doubt. Doubt has been published in the US by Yen Press in its entirety in two volumes in April and July 2013, and the entire six-book series of Judge and the three-book series of Secret have been published by them as well. They have also been published in various countries in Europe. Tonogai is a former assistant of Atsushi Ohkubo, and he has left a message commemorating the Soul Eater anime adaptation in the Spring 2008 issue of Fresh Gangan.
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• Name Nonen — 外海 良基 • Born — March 14 • Birthplace — Shiga Prefecture, Japan • Area — Manga artist • Notable Works — Doubt • Awards — Square Enix Awards special grand prize • Website — http: nejiusagi.web.fc2.com • Nonus — ja • Manga — y
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• Title — Year — Notes — Refs • Higurashi When They Cry: Time-Killing Arc — 2006 — Serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan Published by Square Enix, 2 volumes • Doubt — 2007–09 — Serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan Published by Square Enix, 4 volumes • Judge — 2010–12 — Serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan Published by Square Enix, 6 volumes • Secret — 2013–15 — Serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan Published by Square Enix, 3 volumes • Ikitemasu ka? Handa-kun — 2015–18 — Serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan Published by Square Enix, 3 volumes • Dead Company — 2019–20 — Serialized in Comic Boost Published by Gentosha, 3 volumes
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