Tadatoshi Fujimaki

{{Short description|Japanese manga artist (born 1982)}}

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| known_for = Kuroko's Basketball, Robot × LaserBeam, Kill Blue

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{{nihongo|Tadatoshi Fujimaki|藤巻 忠俊|Fujimaki Tadatoshi|born June 9, 1982}} is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of sports manga Kuroko's Basketball and Robot × LaserBeam, as well as Kill Blue, all of which have been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Biography

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Fujimaki attended Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School and enrolled in Sophia University.

In 2011, on Nikkei Entertainment's list of most successful manga artist's he ranked 25th.[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-05/top-50-manga-creators-by-sales-since-2010 Top 50 Manga Creators by Sales Since 2010]

On October 16, 2013, threatening letters were sent to Fujimaki and high schools and colleges affiliated with him. The letters carried the message "If you do not stop the parody manga, you will get hydrogen sulfide", accompanying unknown powder substances.[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-17/kuroko-basketball-creator-sent-threat-notes-with-powder-liquid Kuroko's Basketball Creator Received Threat Notes With Powder, Liquid] After the arrival of many other threat letters, Fujimaki eventually stated that he will continue the manga "no matter what".[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-29/kuroko-basketball-creator/will-continue-manga-no-matter-what Kuroko's Basketball Creator: Will Continue Manga 'No Matter What'] On December 16, 2013, the suspect was finally arrested. Not an acquaintance of Fujimaki, he told the police that he was "jealous of [author's] success."[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-16/kuroko-basketball-suspect/i-was-jealous-of-author-success Kuroko's Basketball Suspect: 'I Was Jealous of Author's Success']{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-28/kuroko-basketball-creator-responds-to-arrest-in-poison-threat-case|title=Kuroko's Basketball Creator Responds to Arrest in Poison Threat Case|publisher=Anime News Network|date=December 28, 2013|accessdate=December 28, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-15/suspect-arrested-in-kuroko-basketball-poison-threat-case|title=Suspect Arrested in Kuroko's Basketball Poison Threat Case|publisher=Anime News Network|date=December 15, 2013|accessdate=December 28, 2019}}

Works

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TitleJapanese title/RomajiDateVolumesMagazine
Kuroko's Basketball黒子のバスケ
Kuroko no Basuke
December 8, 2008 – September 1, 2014{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Kuroko's Basketball Manga to End|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-27/kuroko-basketball-manga-to-end/.78083|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 27, 2014|date=August 27, 2014}}30Weekly Shōnen Jump
Kuroko's Basketball: Extra Game黒子のバスケ EXTRA GAME
Kuroko no Basuke Extra Game
December 29, 2014 – March 3, 2016{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-27/kuroko-basketball-extra-game-manga-to-end-in-early-march/.96977 | title=Kuroko's Basketball Extra Game Manga to End in Early March | last = Loo | first = Egan| website=Anime News Network | date=December 27, 2015 | access-date=December 31, 2019}}2Jump Next!
Robot × LaserBeamROBOT×LASERBEAMMarch 18, 2017 – June 25, 2018{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Robot × Laserbeam, ZIGA Manga Both End in Shōnen Jump|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-24/robot-laserbeam-ziga-manga-both-end-in-shonen-jump/.133332|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 25, 2018|date=June 24, 2018}}7rowspan = "2" | Weekly Shōnen Jump
Kill Blueキルアオ
Kiru Ao
April 17, 2023 – present{{cite web|title=Food Wars, Kuroko's Basketball Authors Each Launch New Manga in Shonen Jump|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-02/food-wars-kuroko-basketball-authors-each-launch-new-manga-in-shonen-jump/.196697|website=Anime News Network|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=April 2, 2023|access-date=April 18, 2023}}7

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