Hideo Shinkai

Hideo Shinkai (神海 英雄, Shinkai Hideo) is a Japanese manga artist. He was one of Hirohiko Araki's assistants for about 5 years along with Yasuki Tanaka and Hiroshi Shiibashi.[2]

Biography

Hideo Shinkai was born on July 27, 1982 in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture.

Shinkai attended a municipal elementary school in Maebashi in his youth.[3] He enjoyed playing soccer, and also music. He played the saxophone and joined a brass band. Shinkai won the gold medal at the Gunma Prefectural Brass Band Competition in the summer of the second and third years of junior high school. Shinkai decided to become a manga artist after failing to find a job in the music industry. After graduating from university, Shinkai was employed as Hirohiko Araki's assistant for about 5 years.[3]

After being independent, Shinkai published four one-shots from 2004 to 2009. His debut work was "ensemble" published in the 2004 Summer "Jump Next!" issue, a work themed around a brass band. He followed it with "Heart Catcher" published in the 2005 Summer "Jump Next!", then "Dodge The Ball" in the ninth 2007 issue of Weekly Shonen Jump with dodgeball as a theme and "Q part !! in the thirtennth 2008 issue of WSJ.

His first serialized work was LIGHT WING, a soccer manga published in WSJ from 2010 to 2011. He followed it with another series called SOUL CATCHER(S), a manga about music published from 2013 to 2016. His next serialized work was "Instant detective Shun Hirameki", a manga adaptation of the variety/quiz show "Tonight Nazotore".

Works

Title
Magazine
Release Date
Medium
Ensemble
アンサンブル
Akamaru Jump
2004
Oneshot
Heart Catcher
Akamaru Jump
2005
Oneshot
Dodge The Ball
Shonen Jump
2007
Oneshot
Q part !!
Q部!!
Shonen Jump
2008
Oneshot
LIGHT WING
ライトウィング
Shonen Jump
Sep 18, 2010 to Feb 21, 2011
Manga
SOUL CATCHER(S)
アンサンブル
Shonen Jump
2012
Pilot oneshot
SOUL CATCHER(S)
アンサンブル
Shonen Jump
May 13, 2013 to Feb 14, 2016
Manga
Day and night reversal circle Strongest
昼夜逆転丸
Saikyo Jump
2017
Oneshot
Buzzle Juggle
バズルジャグル
Giga Jump
2017
Oneshot
Instant detective Shun Hirameki
瞬間探偵 平目木駿
Saikyo Jump
2017
Oneshot
Instant detective Shun Hirameki
瞬間探偵 平目木駿
Saikyo Jump
2018-2019
Manga
Like for the first time
はじめてのいいね
Shonen Jump +
2018-2019
Oneshot

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References

  1. 『赤マルジャンプ』2004 SUMMER、「新人紹介」/ "Akamaru Jump" 2004 SUMMER, "Introduction of newcomers"
  2. Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan Volume 6 - Hiroshi Shiibashi
  3. 3.0 3.1 朝日新聞別刷りAsahi+C 2013年10月13日

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