Yoshihiro Togashi (冨樫 義博 Togashi Yoshihiro, born April 26, 1966 in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese mangaka. He is most notable for having created YuYu Hakusho, for which he received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1994. According to Shonen Jump, Togashi received the Tezuka Award, the most influential new comic artist award in Japan. is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Yamagata Prefecture (山形県; Yamagata-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Mangaka ) is the Japanese word for a comic artist. ... Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump Original run 1990 – 1994 No. ... The Shogakukan Manga Award is one of Japans major manga awards sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. ... Weekly Shonen Jump, issue 40 (Japanese version) Weekly Shonen Jump (週刊少年ジャンプ ShÅ«kan Shōnen Janpu), with a circulation of over 3 million, is one of the longest-running, weekly manga compilations in Japan. ... The Tezuka Award (since 1971) is a semi-annual manga award offered by the Japanese publisher Shueisha (集英社), under the auspices of its Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. ...

Togashi is married to Naoko Takeuchi, the creator of Sailor Moon (he mentioned their marriage in volume 5 of Hunter x Hunter)^[1]. From February 2006 Togashi has been on "sick leave" from his current manga Hunter × Hunter. His return is estimated for October 6, 2007. Naoko Takeuchi (武内直子 Takeuchi Naoko), born March 15, 1967, is a manga artist who lives in Tokyo, Japan. ... For the title character, see Sailor Moon (character) and for the first story arc, see Sailor Moon (arc). ... Hunter × Hunter is a manga by Yoshihiro Togashi about a 12-year-old boy named Gon Freaks, and his quest to find his father, Gin Freaks. ... Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump Weekly Comic Original run June 4, 1998 – Ongoing No. ...

List of works

Manga creations

Ōkami Nante Kowakunai!! (I'm not afraid of the wolf!)

Published in 1989, this collection of short stories includes Togashi's debut story, "Tonda Birthday Present", as well as "Buttobi Straight", the winner of the Tezuka prize, "Occult Tanteidan" 1 and 2, (the band of occult detectives), "Horror Angel", and the title work, "Ookami nante kowakunai!!". Each of the stories is an illustration of Togashi's tendency to write about the supernatural. The art style in these is simple and cute.

Ten de Shōwaru Cupid (Wicked Cupid) (てんで性悪キューピッド)

Published in 1989 and running until mid-1990, Ten de Shouwaru Cupid was published in four separate manga tankoubon (volumes). It was Togashi's first attempt to serialize a weekly manga publication. The series (like all of Togashi's other works) was published in Weekly Shonen Jump.

Yu Yu Hakusho (幽☆遊☆白書, Yu Yu Hakusho^?)

This is probably Togashi's most famous series. Yu Yu Hakusho was first published in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1990 and ran until 1994, eventually spanning a 19-volume tankoubon set. It features Yusuke Urameshi, a dead boy with an attitude and a high level of spiritual energy; eventually he returns to life and spends his time defeating demons either in tournaments or as a service to the God of the Dead. A team of demons and powerful humans form around him, and aid him in his fight. Yu Yu Hakusho was made into an extremely popular anime series (titled Yu Yu Hakusho in English).

Level E

"Level E" moves into the realm of science fiction, spinning into a fantastic universe in which extraterrestrials draw an innocent human into their rather strange intrigues. It was first published in Shounen Weekly Jump in 1995, and ran until 1997. It spans three volumes of tankoubon.

Hunter × Hunter

Beginning in 1998 and still running in Shonen Weekly Jump, it features a return to Togashi's original "cutesy" art style. The main character of HXH is named Gon, a bright-eyed, good-hearted boy with talent, who wishes to become a "Hunter" like his father. "Hunters" are people with fearsome skills, who bend all their formidable attention towards reaching a specific goal. Along the way, Gon picks up friends and enemies, and his world gets extremely complicated.

Church!

This is a dōjinshi series written by Togashi. Church! Volume 3 - We're Carried Away Here was advertised in page 187 of volume one of Yu Yu Hakusho. The United states and Canada edition of Yu Yu Hakusho Volume 1 published by VIZ Media, which contains an advertisement for Church!, states on page 187 that the series is no longer available.

Togashi also created a series called Trouble Quartet, a sports manga with homosexual characters and cross dressing. According to page 116 of Volume 1 of Yu Yu Hakusho, Shueisha decided to not publish the comic in Weekly Shonen Jump. As of 2007, the comic has never been published. The main character of Trouble Quartet was named Gen Otoda (音田 弦 Otoda Gen). YuYu Hakusho logo (English manga) YuYu Hakusho (幽★遊★白書 YūYū Hakusho, literally The Playful Ghost White Paper, meaning Ghost Files/Poltergeist Report) is a manga and anime series by Yoshihiro Togashi. ... YuYu Hakusho logo (English manga) YuYu Hakusho (幽★遊★白書 YūYū Hakusho, literally The Playful Ghost White Paper, meaning Ghost Files/Poltergeist Report) is a manga and anime series by Yoshihiro Togashi. ... Weekly Shonen Jump, issue 17 2007 (Japanese version), featuring Luffy of One Piece on the cover JUMP SHOP Osaka Shop. ... Yusuke Urameshi ) is the protagonist in the anime and manga series YuYu Hakusho created by Yoshihiro Togashi. ... Level E (レベルE) is a short manga series by Yoshihiro Togashi. ... Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump Weekly Comic Original run June 4, 1998 – Ongoing No. ... Viz Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a major American anime, manga and Japanese entertainment company formed by the merger of Viz, LLC, and ShoPro Entertainment. ...

Illustrated books

Oboo-nu- to Chiboo-nu-

Written by his wife Naoko Takeuchi. A children's book drawn for his son's birthday.

Naoko Takeuchi (武内直子 Takeuchi Naoko), born March 15, 1967, is a manga artist who lives in Tokyo, Japan. ...

Anime

• Ten de Shōwaru Cupid (adapted from all 4 volumes of the manga)
• Ōkami Nante Kowakunai!! (single-episode anime)
• YuYu Hakusho (adapted from all 19 volumes of the manga)
• Level E (adapted from all 3 volumes of the manga)
• Hunter × Hunter (adapted from the first 18 volumes of the manga)

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Togashi-ism

(translated from the Japanese Wikipedia article) Since the phenomenal success of Hunter × Hunter, several major changes have been made at the offices of Shonen Jump, specifically to accommodate Yoshihiro Togashi. He receives longer vacations and bigger advances than any of Shonen Jump's other mangaka, and this situation has come to be known as "Togashi-ism". Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump Weekly Comic Original run June 4, 1998 – Ongoing No. ... Weekly Shonen Jump, issue 40 (Japanese version) Weekly Shonen Jump (週刊少年ジャンプ ShÅ«kan Shōnen Janpu), with a circulation of over 3 million, is one of the longest-running, weekly manga compilations in Japan. ... Weekly Shonen Jump, issue 40 (Japanese version) Weekly Shonen Jump (週刊少年ジャンプ ShÅ«kan Shōnen Janpu), with a circulation of over 3 million, is one of the longest-running, weekly manga compilations in Japan. ... Mangaka ) is the Japanese word for a comic artist. ...

See Also

Naoko Takeuchi Naoko Takeuchi (武内直子 Takeuchi Naoko), born March 15, 1967, is a manga artist who lives in Tokyo, Japan. ...

References

External links

• http://guan.livejournal.com/56961.html#cutid1 - Typed in interview from American Monthly Shonen Jump.
• Waterborn, Ilsevet. http://sensei.takeuchi-naoko.com/togashi/ November 17, 2006.
• http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1608 - Anime news network entry on Togashi.