Shinobu Kaitani

{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox comics creator

| name_nonEN = 甲斐谷 忍

| nonUS = ja

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|9|24}}

| birth_place = Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

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| death_place =

| nationality = Japanese

| area = Manga artist

| alias =

| notable works = {{ubl|One Outs|Liar Game}}

| awards = 42nd Tezuka Award

| manga = Yes

| assistant = Eiichiro Oda

| years_active = 1994-present

}}

{{Nihongo|Shinobu Kaitani|甲斐谷 忍|Kaitani Shinobu|born September 24, 1967|lead=yes}}{{Cite web |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/1937 |script-title=ja:コミックナタリー>人物・グループ>甲斐谷忍 |publisher=Natasha, Inc. |accessdate=October 5, 2021 }} is a Japanese manga artist. He is known for his works, One Outs and Liar Game.{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-06/one-outs-baseball-manga-to-get-tv-anime-this-october | title=One Outs Baseball Manga to Get TV Anime This October | date=August 6, 2008 | publisher=Anime News Network | accessdate=July 5, 2014}}

Early life

Kaitani is from Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/about/No.180.pdf |title=鹿大ジャーナル 第180号 (KADAI JOURNAL No.180) |publisher=鹿児島大学広報委員会 (Public Relations Committee of Kagoshima University) |date=March 2009 |pages=16–17 |accessdate=September 18, 2021}} He graduated from Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School and from Department of Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kagoshima University.{{R|KADAI}} He received the 2nd Prize of the 42nd Tezuka Award in 1991 and made his debut as a professional manga artist in 1993.{{R|KADAI}}

Works

  • Midoriyama Police Gang (1994, 2 volumes)
  • Sommelier (1996–1999, 9 volumes)
  • One Outs (1998–2006, 20 volumes)
  • Liar Game{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-23/liar-game-manga-made-into-2nd-tv-drama-season-film|title=Liar Game Manga Made into 2nd TV Drama Season, Film|date=April 23, 2009|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=April 17, 2010}} (2005–2015, 19 volumes)
  • Reinōryokusha Odagiri Kyōko no Uso (2007–2011, 7 volumes)
  • Liar Game - Roots of A (2008, 1 volume)
  • Winners Circle e Yōkoso (2011–2016, 9 volumes)
  • Muteki no Hito (2015–2016, 4 volumes)
  • Shin Shinchō Kōki (2019–2021, 8 volumes){{Cite web |date=2019-03-19 |title=Liar Game, One Outs' Shinobu Kaitani Launches New Manga |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-19/liar-game-one-outs-shinobu-kaitani-launches-new-manga/.144667 |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}
  • Kamo no Negi ni wa Doku ga Aru -Kamo Kyōju no "Ningen" Keizagaku Kōgi- (2022–present, with Takeshi Natsuhara){{cite web|last1=Pineda|first1=Rafael Antonio|title=Liar Game's Shinobu Kaitani, Kurosagi's Takeshi Natsuhara Launch Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-01-25/liar-game-shinobu-kaitani-kurosagi-takeshi-natsuhara-launch-manga/.181869|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 25, 2022|date=January 25, 2022}}

References

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