Haruichi Furudate
{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}
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{{nihongo|Haruichi Furudate|古舘 春一|Furudate Haruichi|lead=yes|extra=born March 7, 1983}} is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for creating Haikyu!!, a volleyball-centric manga that has become one of the best-selling manga series of all time, having also been adapted into a number of anime series and films.
Biography
Haruichi Furudate was born on March 7, 1983, in Karumai, Iwate.{{cite magazine|title=Jump Grade One-shot Festival, Kiben Gakuha, Philosophy School, Yotsuya Sensei's Ghost Stories|year=2009|issue=28|page=156|magazine=Weekly Shōnen Jump|publisher=Shueisha}}{{cite web|title=古舘春一の一覧|url=https://booklive.jp/focus/author/a_id/22042|website={{ill|BookLive|ja|BookLive}}|access-date=August 7, 2021|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=http://www.iwate-np.co.jp/cgi-bin/topnews.cgi?20160122_4|title=軽米出身・古舘さん小学館漫画賞 「ハイキュー！！」|website=Iwate Nippo|date=January 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123105820/http://www.iwate-np.co.jp/cgi-bin/topnews.cgi?20160122_4|access-date=June 29, 2021|archive-date=January 23, 2016|language=ja}} After graduating from high school, he attended {{ill|Sendai Design Training School|ja|仙台デザイン専門学校}} in Miyagi Prefecture. In 2008, Furudate wrote the one-shot King Kid, which won an honorable mention for the {{ill|Jump Treasure Newcomer Manga Prize|ja|JUMPトレジャー新人漫画賞}}. In 2010, Furudate launched his first full series in Weekly Shōnen Jump, Philosophy School, Yotsuya Sensei's Ghost Stories.
In the next year, Furudate wrote Haikyu!! starting as two one-shots that were published in Jump NEXT! and Weekly Shōnen Jump in January 2011 and April 2011 respectively.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジャンプNEXT！に古味直志＆古舘春一の新作掲載|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/43170|website=Comic Natalie|access-date=June 30, 2021|language=ja|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=January 8, 2011}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:四ッ谷先輩の古舘春一、バレーマンガ「ハイキュー!!」掲載|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/48428|website=Comic Natalie|access-date=June 30, 2021|publisher=Natasha, Inc|language=ja|date=April 25, 2011}} The one-shots were later turned into a full series, which started serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump on February 20, 2012.{{cite web|script-title=ja:古舘春一が男子バレー描く「ハイキュー!!」ジャンプで開幕|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/64730|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|access-date=June 30, 2021|language=ja|date=February 20, 2012}} The series ended in Weekly Shōnen Jump on July 20, 2020.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Haruichi Furudate's Haikyu!! Manga Ends on July 20|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-07-12/haruichi-furudate-haikyu-manga-ends-on-july-20/.161719|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 30, 2021|date=July 12, 2020}} While the series was serializing, it was awarded the 61st Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category{{cite web|title=Haikyu!!, My Love Story!!, Sunny Win Shogakukan Manga Awards|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-21/haikyu-my-love-story-sunny-win-shogakukan-manga-awards/.97818|website=Anime News Network|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=January 21, 2016|access-date=June 30, 2021}} and ranked in the top three manga series for the 2015 Sugoi Japan Award.{{cite web|title=Yomiuri Shimbun's 'Sugoi Japan Awards' Winners Announced|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-12/yomiuri-shimbun-sugoi-japan-awards-winners-announced/.85910|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|website=Anime News Network|date=March 12, 2015|access-date=June 30, 2021}} In 2020, the series was in the top five best-selling manga in Japan, with over seven million copies sold.{{cite web|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2020|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-29/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series-2020/.166841|website=Anime News Network|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=November 29, 2020|access-date=June 30, 2021}} The series has also been given numerous adaptations, notably an anime television series{{cite web|title=Shonen Jump's Haikyu!! Volleyball Manga Gets TV Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-22/shonen-jump-haikyu-volleyball-manga-gets-tv-anime|website=Anime News Network|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=September 22, 2013|access-date=June 30, 2021}} and a stage play.{{cite web|first=Crystalyn|last=Hodgkins|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-05-12/haikyu-manga-gets-new-stage-play-this-fall/.146630|title=Haikyu!! Manga Gets New Stage Play This Fall (Updated)|website=Anime News Network|date=May 12, 2019|access-date=June 30, 2021}}
Influences
Furudate was a member of a volleyball club during middle and high school. Furudate often found himself going to school just to participate in the club activities, despite performing below average in classes.{{cite web|url=http://vbm.link/5437/|title=ハイキュー！！ 古舘春一先生インタビュー {{!}} バレーボールマガジン|website=Volleyball Magazine|language=ja|date=April 3, 2014|access-date=June 28, 2021}}
Works
- {{nihongo|King Kid|王様キッド|Ousama Kid}} (One-shot) (2008){{cite book|last=Furudate|first=Haruichi|chapter=About the Author|title=Haikyu!!|volume=1|publisher=Viz Media|publication-date=July 5, 2016|page=1|isbn=978-1-42-158766-0}}
- {{nihongo|Philosophy School, Yotsuya Sensei's Ghost Stories|诡弁学派、四ッ谷先生の怪谈|Kiben Gakuha, Yotsuya Sensei no Kaidan}} (serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump) (2010)
- {{nihongo|Haikyu!!|ハイキュー!!}} (serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump) (2012–2020)
References
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External links
- {{anime News Network|people|124784}}
- {{IMDb name|6794152}}
{{Shogakukan Manga Award - Shōnen}}
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