Tadatoshi Fujimaki
{{Short description|Japanese manga artist (born 1982)}}
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| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
| known_for = Kuroko's Basketball, Robot × LaserBeam, Kill Blue
| occupation = Manga artist
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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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External links
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{{Kuroko's Basketball}}
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