Akinobu Uraku

{{short description|Japanese manga artist (born 1977)}}

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| name = Akinobu Uraku
有楽 彰展

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|9|22}}

| birth_place = Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

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| occupation = Manga artist

| nationality = Japanese

| period = 1997–present

| genre = Fiction

| subject = Shōnen manga

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{{nihongo|Akinobu Uraku|有楽 彰展|Uraku Akinobu|born September 22, 1977}} is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating Tokyo Underground. Uraku won one of two grand prizes (the other winner being Diachiken Ise) at the 4th Enix 21st Century Manga Awards in 1997 for his work Yojō Mahō Shoriban.{{cite web|url=http://emidb.at.infoseek.co.jp/synthesis/21thmgp.html |script-title=ja:エニックス21世紀マンガ大賞 受賞者一覧 |accessdate=2008-10-01 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050323052114/http://emidb.at.infoseek.co.jp/synthesis/21thmgp.html |archivedate=2005-03-23 }}{{cite web|url=http://enixcomic.fan-site.net/enix6/mangataisyou1.html|script-title=ja:スクウェア・エニックスマンガ大賞考察(1)|date=2007-02-02|accessdate=2008-10-01|language=Japanese}} This story was later published in the February 1997 issue of Monthly G Fantasy.

In 2002, Tokyo Underground was adapted into an anime television series aired on TV Tokyo. Uraku made a cameo appearance as a student in the first episode of that series.