Yusuke Murata

Yusuke Murata (Japanese: 村田 雄介, Hepburn: Murata Yūsuke, born July 4, 1978) is a Japanese manga artist from Miyagi. He is best known for illustrating the American football manga Eyeshield 21, in collaboration with writer Riichiro Inagaki. Eyeshield 21 was serialized between July 2002 and June 2009 in Weekly Shōnen Jump, and was later adapted into an anime television series. Murata's other major work is his illustration of "One's" One-Punch Man, serialized in the Weekly Young Jump online version.

Biography

Murata was born on July 4, 1978 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. At the age of twelve, he entered a contest to design Mega Man villains and won twice, having final designs adapted from his sketches. The game credits list his name as responsible for Dust Man from Mega Man 4 and Crystal Man from Mega Man 5. Murata debuted as a professional manga artist in 1995 by publishing a one-shot titled Partner in a special edition of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. For this work, he received the Hop Step Award. Murata published Samui Hanashi in Weekly Shōnen Jump in June 1998, which won him the Akatsuka Award. In February 2002, he published Kaitō Colt in the same magazine.