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Kōhei Horikoshi (堀越 耕平, Horikoshi Kōhei, born November 20, 1986) [1] is a Japanese manga artist known for creating the manga series Oumagadoki Zoo, Barrage, and My Hero Academia, all of which have been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump.
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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.
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 Naruto, One Piece, Akira, Tekkonkinkreet, and Boys on the Run. 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.
•Yasuki Tanaka (Hitomi no Catoblepas, Kagijin)
•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
•The collection of Kohei Horikoshi's Notes of My Hero Academia: Author's Notes.
•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.
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My Hero Academia ( Japanese: 僕のヒーローアカデミア, Hepburn: Boku no Hīrō Akademia) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It was serialized in Shueisha 's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from July 2014 to August 2024, with its chapters collected in 41 tankōbon volumes as of August 2024.
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With My Hero Academia manga nearing its end and the Japanese release of the movie My Hero Academia: You’re Next on the horizon, mangaka Kohei Horikoshi reflects on some of his inspirations and the popularity of the series leading to almost 40 volumes, a best-selling box set, multiple spin-offs, and more.