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Yasuhisa Hara (原泰久, Hara Yasuhisa) is a Japanese manga artist and engineer, best known for his long-running series, Kingdom, currently published in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine with over 95 million volumes in circulation.^[3] He is also notable for being a former assistant to manga artist Takehiko Inoue, and is good friends with Hirohiko Araki.

Biography

Volume 1 of Kingdom with recommendation by Araki

Hara was born in the town of Kiyama within the Miyaki District of Saga, Japan. Growing up, he would attend Tomeikan Junior & Senior High School before applying for the Kyushu Institute of Design. While in college, Hara would begin his journey as a manga artist in 1999 with a doujinshi titled Otomatsu, which won semi-grand prize in Young Magazine's Tetsuya Chiba Awards. In 2000, Hara would receive his Masters in Communications and immediately join the Fujitsu corporation as a systems engineer. He notes being overworked during this period of his life, particularly when his senior programmer left the company, however the experience and mistakes he went through have added a certain depth to his works.^[4]

Hara would eventually begin serialization of his series, Kingdom, in the 9th issue of Weekly Young Jump 2006.^[5] The series ranked fairly poor in reader surveys early on, but was able to take off after Hara made adjustments to his style through advice from his mentor, Takehiko Inoue. As of January 2023, the manga has over 95 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. In 2012, the series was adapted into a four-season anime by Studio Pierrot and has since then received multiple animated seasons, films and video games. In 2013, Kingdom won the grand prize at the 17th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize event and in the same year, Hara would be appointed the first ambassador of his hometown, Kiyama.^[2]

Araki's contribution to the "Social Kingdom" project

Hara's Kingdom would earn a Guinness World Record on December 12, 2012 for "manga written by the most people." The record was the result of a "Social Kingdom" campaign in which fans and other artists collaborated to draw the entire 26th volume. Participants included JoJo's Bizarre Adventure creator Hirohiko Araki, as well as other manga artists such as Eiichiro Oda, Masashi Kishimoto, and Hiroshi Motomiya.^[5]^[6]

Works

Title

Magazine

Release Date

Medium

Otomatsu

Young Magazine 1999, No. 1

N/A

One-Shot

Senshiki

Young Magazine 2001, No. 22

N/A

One-Shot

Kongo

Weekly Young Jump Special 2003, Vol. 36

N/A

One-Shot

Ma Jiubing

Weekly Young Jump Special 2004, Vol.37

N/A

One-Shot

Li Mu

Weekly Young Jump 2004, No.18

N/A

One-Shot

Moubu and Soko

Weekly Young Jump 2005, No.1

N/A

One-Shot

Kingdom

Weekly Young Jump 2006 No.6

Jan 26, 2006 - Present

Manga

Gallery

Hara out drinking with Araki, Motoo Abiko (Doraemon), Toshio Sako (Usogui) and Tetsuya Chiba (Ashita no Joe)
Hara working on Kingdom
Hara and Takehiko Inoue Interview
Kingdom Preview Booklet with Blurb from Araki
Kingdom Volume 1
Shin by Hara for 40th anniversary of Fist of the North Star

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[1] ttps://www.asahi.com/special/kingdom2021/

[kiyama-2] {Jump up to: 2.0} ^2.1 ^2.2 https://www.town.kiyama.lg.jp/kiji003622/index.html

[3] ttps://twitter.com/kingdom_yj/status/1613473946011316225

[4] ttps://style.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO42769540S9A320C1000000/

[natalie.mu-5] {Jump up to: 5.0} ^5.1 https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/kingdom

[6] Asahi Shimbun - Kingdom wins Guinness World Record

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-{{Nihongo|'''Yasuhisa Hara'''|原 泰久|Hara Yasuhisa}} is a Japanese {{W|Mangaka|manga artist}} and {{W|Engineering|engineer}}, best known for his long-running series, {{W|Kingdom (manga)|Kingdom}}, currently published in [[Shueisha]]'s {{W|Weekly Young Jump}} magazine with over 95 million volumes in circulation.<ref>https://twitter.com/kingdom_yj/status/1613473946011316225</ref> He is also notable for being a former assistant to manga artist {{W|Takehiko Inoue}}, and is good friends with [[Hirohiko Araki]].
+{{Nihongo|'''Yasuhisa Hara'''|原 泰久|Hara Yasuhisa}} is a Japanese {{W|Mangaka|manga artist}} and {{W|Engineering|engineer}}, best known for his long-running series, ''{{W|Kingdom (manga)|Kingdom}}'', currently published in [[Shueisha]]'s ''{{W|Weekly Young Jump}}'' magazine with over 95 million volumes in circulation.<ref>https://twitter.com/kingdom_yj/status/1613473946011316225</ref> He is also notable for being a former assistant to manga artist {{W|Takehiko Inoue}}, and is good friends with [[Hirohiko Araki]].
 ==Biography==
 [[File:Kingdom-Araki.png|thumb|left|180px|Volume 1 of Kingdom with recommendation by Araki]]
-Hara was born in the town of {{W|Kiyama, Saga|Kiyama}} within the {{W|Miyaki District, Saga|Miyaki District}} of {{W|Saga Prefecture|Saga}}, Japan. Growing up, he would attend [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/東明館中学校・高等学校 Tomeikan] Junior & Senior High School before applying for the {{W|Kyushu Institute of Design}}. While in college, Hara would begin his journey as a manga artist in 1999 with his doujinshi titled "Otomatsu", which won semi-grand prize in Young Magazine's Tetsuya Chiba Awards. In 2000, Hara would receive his Masters in Communications and immediately join the {{W|Fujitsu}} corporation as a systems engineer. He notes being overworked during this period of his life, particularly when his senior programmer left the company, however the experience and mistakes he went through have added a certain depth to his works.<ref>https://style.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO42769540S9A320C1000000/</ref>
+Hara was born in the town of {{W|Kiyama, Saga|Kiyama}} within the {{W|Miyaki District, Saga|Miyaki District}} of {{W|Saga Prefecture|Saga}}, Japan. Growing up, he would attend [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/東明館中学校・高等学校 Tomeikan] Junior & Senior High School before applying for the {{W|Kyushu Institute of Design}}. While in college, Hara would begin his journey as a manga artist in 1999 with a doujinshi titled ''Otomatsu'', which won semi-grand prize in Young Magazine's Tetsuya Chiba Awards. In 2000, Hara would receive his Masters in Communications and immediately join the {{W|Fujitsu}} corporation as a systems engineer. He notes being overworked during this period of his life, particularly when his senior programmer left the company, however the experience and mistakes he went through have added a certain depth to his works.<ref>https://style.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO42769540S9A320C1000000/</ref>
-Hara would eventually begin serialization of his series, {{W|Kingdom (manga)|Kingdom}}, in the 9th issue of {{W|Weekly Young Jump}} 2006.<ref name="natalie.mu">https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/kingdom</ref> The series ranked fairly poor in reader surveys early on, but was able to take off after Hara made adjustments to his style through advice from his mentor, {{W|Takehiko Inoue}}. As of January 2023, the manga has over 95 million copies in circulation, making it one of the {{W|List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga series of all time}}. In 2012, the series was adapted into a four-season anime by {{W|Pierrot (company)|Studio Perriot}} and has since then received multiple animated seasons, films and video games. In 2013, Kingdom won the grand prize at the 17th {{W|Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize}} event and in the same year, Hara would be appointed the first ambassador of his hometown, Kiyama.<ref name="kiyama"/>
+Hara would eventually begin serialization of his series, ''{{W|Kingdom (manga)|Kingdom}}'', in the 9th issue of ''{{W|Weekly Young Jump}}'' 2006.<ref name="natalie.mu">https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/kingdom</ref> The series ranked fairly poor in reader surveys early on, but was able to take off after Hara made adjustments to his style through advice from his mentor, {{W|Takehiko Inoue}}. As of January 2023, the manga has over 95 million copies in circulation, making it one of the {{W|List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga series of all time}}. In 2012, the series was adapted into a four-season anime by {{W|Pierrot (company)|Studio Pierrot}} and has since then received multiple animated seasons, films and video games. In 2013, Kingdom won the grand prize at the 17th {{W|Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize}} event and in the same year, Hara would be appointed the first ambassador of his hometown, Kiyama.<ref name="kiyama"/>
 [[File:Araki-panel.jpg|thumb|150px|Araki's contribution to the "Social Kingdom" project]]
-Hara's Kingdom would earn a Guinness World Record on December 12, 2012 for Manga written by the most people. The record was the result of a "Social Kingdom" campaign in which fans and other artists collaborated to draw the entire 26th volume. Participants included [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]] creator, [[Hirohiko Araki]], and other manga creators like {{W|Eiichiro Oda}}, {{W|Masashi Kishimoto}}, and Hiroshi Motomiya.<ref name="natalie.mu"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130102101049/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201212310022 Asahi Shimbun - Kingdom wins Guinness World Record]</ref>
+Hara's ''Kingdom'' would earn a Guinness World Record on December 12, 2012 for "manga written by the most people." The record was the result of a "Social ''Kingdom''" campaign in which fans and other artists collaborated to draw the entire 26th volume. Participants included ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' creator [[Hirohiko Araki]], as well as other manga artists such as {{W|Eiichiro Oda}}, {{W|Masashi Kishimoto}}, and Hiroshi Motomiya.<ref name="natalie.mu"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130102101049/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201212310022 Asahi Shimbun - Kingdom wins Guinness World Record]</ref>
+{{-}}
 ==Works==
 {{Row|Title|Magazine|Release Date|Medium|bg={{Color|BT2}}|w1=40%}}
-{{Row|'''Otomatsu<br/>{{Nihongo|type1=J|於兎松}}'''|{{W|Weekly Young Magazine|Young Magazine}} 1999, No. 1|N/A|One-Shot|w1=40%}}
+{{Row|'''''Otomatsu'''''<br/>{{Nihongo|type1=J|於兎松}}|''{{W|Weekly Young Magazine|Young Magazine}}'' 1999, No. 1|N/A|One-Shot|w1=40%}}
-{{Row|'''Senshiki<br/>{{Nihongo|type1=J|仙子記}}'''|{{W|Weekly Young Magazine|Young Magazine}} 2001, No. 22|N/A|One-Shot|w1=40%}}
+{{Row|'''''Senshiki'''''<br/>{{Nihongo|type1=J|仙子記}}|''{{W|Weekly Young Magazine|Young Magazine}}'' 2001, No. 22|N/A|One-Shot|w1=40%}}
-{{Row|'''Kongo<br/>{{Nihongo|type1=J|金剛}}'''|{{W|Weekly Young Jump}} Special 2003, Vol. 36 |N/A|One-Shot|w1=40%}}
+{{Row|'''''Kongo'''''<br/>{{Nihongo|type1=J|金剛}}|''{{W|Weekly Young Jump}}'' Special 2003, Vol. 36 |N/A|One-Shot|w1=40%}}
-{{Row|'''Ma Jiubing<br/>{{Nihongo|type1=J|馬酒兵三百}}'''|{{W|Weekly Young Jump}} Special 2004,  Vol.37|N/A|One-Shot|w1=40%}}
+{{Row|'''''Ma Jiubing'''''<br/>{{Nihongo|type1=J|馬酒兵三百}}|''{{W|Weekly Young Jump}}'' Special 2004,  Vol.37|N/A|One-Shot|w1=40%}}
-{{Row|'''Li Mu<br/>{{Nihongo|type1=J|李牧}}'''|{{W|Weekly Young Jump}} 2004, No.18|N/A|One-Shot|w1=40%}}
+{{Row|'''''Li Mu'''''<br/>{{Nihongo|type1=J|李牧}}|''{{W|Weekly Young Jump}}'' 2004, No.18|N/A|One-Shot|w1=40%}}
-{{Row|'''Moubu and Soko<br/>{{Nihongo|type1=J|蒙武と楚子}}'''|{{W|Weekly Young Jump}} 2005, No.1|N/A|One-Shot|w1=40%}}
+{{Row|'''''Moubu and Soko'''''<br/>{{Nihongo|type1=J|蒙武と楚子|Mōbu to Soko}}|''{{W|Weekly Young Jump}}'' 2005, No.1|N/A|One-Shot|w1=40%}}
-{{Row|'''{{W|Kingdom}}<br/>{{Nihongo|type1=J|キングダム|Kingudamu}}'''|{{W|Weekly Young Jump}} 2006 No.6|Jan 26, 2006 - Present|Manga|w1=40%}}
+{{Row|'''''{{W|Kingdom}}'''''<br/>{{Nihongo|type1=J|キングダム|Kingudamu}}|''{{W|Weekly Young Jump}}'' 2006 No.6|Jan 26, 2006 - Present|Manga|w1=40%}}
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
-Araki-Abiko-Sako-Chiba-Hara.jpg|Hara out drinking with Araki, Motoo Abiko (Doraemon), Toshio Sako (Usogui) and Tetsuya Chiba (Ashita no Joe)
+Araki-Abiko-Sako-Chiba-Hara.jpg|Hara out drinking with Araki, Motoo Abiko (''Doraemon''), Toshio Sako (''Usogui'') and Tetsuya Chiba (''Ashita no Joe'')
-YasuhisaHaraDesk.jpg|Hara working on Kingdom
+YasuhisaHaraDesk.jpg|Hara working on ''Kingdom''
 HaraInoue.jpg|Hara and Takehiko Inoue Interview
 KingdomBooklet.jpg|Kingdom Preview Booklet with Blurb from Araki
-KingdomCover.jpg|Kingdom Volume 1
+KingdomCover.jpg|''Kingdom'' Volume 1
 Fist of the North Star 40th Anniversary Yasuhisa Hara.jpg|Shin by Hara for 40th anniversary of ''Fist of the North Star''
 </gallery>

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