Koyoharu Gotouge

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Koyoharu Gotouge
吾峠 呼世晴
Born (1989-05-05) May 5, 1989 (age 35)
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Area(s) Manga artist
Notable works
 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Awards
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Koyoharu Gotouge (Japanese: 吾峠 呼世晴 Hepburn: Gotōge Koyoharu?, born May 5, 1989) is a Japanese manga artist, known for the manga series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2016–2020). As of February 2021, the manga had over 150 million copies in circulation (including digital copies), making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time.

Early life

Koyoharu Gotouge was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, on May 5, 1989.[1] The author maintains anonymity in public.[2]

Career

In 2013, Koyoharu Gotouge debuted in the 70th Jump Treasure Newcomer Manga Awards with the one-shot work Kagarigari (過狩り狩り?).[3][4] Three more one-shots followed: Monju Shirō Kyōdai (文殊史郎兄弟?), published in Jump Next! in 2014; Rokkotsu-san (肋骨さん?), published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2014; and Haeniwa no Zigzag (蠅庭のジグザグ?), published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2015.[5]

After Haeniwa no Zigzag failed to be a serialized series, Tatsuhiko Katayama (Gotouge's first editor) suggested to start a series with an "easy-to-understand theme".[6] Gotouge's debut work Kagarigari would serve as a basis for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.[6] The series was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 15, 2016 to May 18, 2020.[7][8] It became a success, with over 150 million copies in circulation (including digital copies) as of February 2021, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time.[9][10]

In February 2021, Gotouge commented that their next project would be a science fiction romantic comedy story.[11]

Influences

Gotouge has mentioned Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure; Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto; Tite Kubo's Bleach; and Hideaki Sorachi's Gin Tama as influences on their work.[12][13][14]

Awards and honors

In 2020, Gotouge received the 2nd Kodansha's Noma Publishing Culture Award, which honors those who have contributed to "reinventing publishing". Gotouge received the award due to the franchise's sales, which boosted the entire publishing industry from 2019 to 2020.[15] In the same year, Gotouge also won the award for best screenplay/original story at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival.[16]

In February 2021, Gotouge was included as "Phenoms" in Time's annual list of 100 Most Influential People, making them the first manga artist to receive the achievement.[2][17] In March 2021, Gotouge won the Newcomer Award in the media fine arts category of the 2020 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Fine Arts Recommendation Awards.[18][19][20] In 2021, Gotouge received the Special Prize of the 25th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.[21][22] In 2021, Gotouge won the Comic division's grand prize of the 50th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards.[23]

Works

  • Kagarigari (過狩り狩り?) (2013) — One-shot
  • Monju Shirō Kyōdai (文殊史郎兄弟?) (2014) — One-shot published in Shueisha's Jump Next!
  • Rokkotsu-san (肋骨さん?) (2014) — One-shot published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.
  • Haeniwa no Zigzag (蠅庭のジグザグ?) (2015) — One-shot published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃 Kimetsu no Yaiba?) (2016–2020) — Serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, collected in 23 tankōbon volumes.[24][25]
  • Koyoharu Gotouge's Short Stories (吾峠呼世晴短編集 Gotōge Koyoharu Tanpenshū?) (2019) — Collected volume of Gotouge's four one-shots published by Shueisha.

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