Kei Sanbe

""JoJo involves drawing a ton of different backgrounds and objects. It's much more varied than other manga, and because of that I drew everything from bicycles to submarines.""

- Kei Sanbe

Kei Sanbe (三部 敬) is a Japanese best-known for his manga series,.

Sanbe was one of Hirohiko Araki's chief assistants from Stardust Crusaders to Vento Aureo. He joined Lucky Land Communications during Battle Tendency's serialization.

History
Sanbe was born in the city of in the  of Hokkaido,. After graduating from high school, he moved to to study background art production at the Tokyo Designer Gakuin vocational college. Sanbe cites 's as the driving force behind his enrollment and overall interest in drawing background art. During his time in school, Sanbe came across a job listing in Weekly Shonen Jump from Hirohiko Araki, requesting for new assistants. While not particularly a fan of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, its variety of backgrounds and foreign settings enticed him to submit an application. After applying twice, Sanbe was accepted into Araki's team around the time of Battle Tendency's serialization and was eventually promoted to chief assistant. He would go on to work for Araki for a total of eight years before leaving halfway through Vento Aureo to pursue his own career as a manga artist.

Works

 * Black Road (ブラックロッド) (1997)
 * Nanako-san Teki na Nichijō (菜々子さん的な日常) (2000-2002)
 * Tesutaroto (テスタロト) (2001-2002)
 * (カミヤドリ) (2004-2006)
 * Puzzle (パズル) (2007)
 * Nanako-san Teki na Nichijō Re (菜々子さん的な日常RE) (2008)
 * Hōzuki no shima (鬼燈の島) (2008-2009)
 * (神宿りのナギ) (2008-2010)
 * Mōryō no Yurikago (魍魎の揺りかご) (2010-2012)
 * Nanako-san Teki na Nichijō Dash!! (菜々子さん的な日常 DASH!!) (2013)
 * Boku Dake ga Inai Machi (僕だけがいない街) (2012-2016)
 * STEAL AND DEAD (スティールアンドデッド) (2014 - Ongoing)
 *  (2017)
 * Echoes (夢で見たあの子のために) (2017 - Ongoing)
 * The Island Where Puddles Float (水溜まりに浮かぶ島) (2019 - Ongoing)

Trivia

 * Sanbe was an honorable mention in the 1990 40th and a semi-final winner in the 41st iteration. His manga, Erased, was nominated for the 18th  Reader Award.