Yasuhisa Hara: Difference between revisions

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|birthday = June 9, 1975<br>({{W|Kiyama, Saga}}, {{W|Japan}})<ref name="kiyama">https://www.town.kiyama.lg.jp/kiji003622/index.html</ref>

|gender = Male {{Gender|Male}}

{{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]].

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 hisa 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 PerriotPierrot}} 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's ''Kingdom'' would earn a Guinness World Record on December 12, 2012 for Manga"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]], andas well as other manga creatorsartists such likeas {{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>

{{Row|'''''Otomatsu '''''<br/>{{Nihongo9Nihongo|type1=J|於兎松}}|'''|{{W|Weekly Young Magazine|Young Magazine}}'' 1999, No. 1|N/A|One-Shot|w1=40%}}

{{Row|'''''Senshiki '''''<br/>{{Nihongo9Nihongo|type1=J|仙子記}}|'''|{{W|Weekly Young Magazine|Young Magazine}}'' 2001, No. 22|N/A|One-Shot|w1=40%}}

{{Row|'''''Kongo '''''<br/>{{Nihongo9Nihongo|type1=J|金剛}}|'''|{{W|Weekly Young Jump}}'' Special 2003, Vol. 36 |N/A|One-Shot|w1=40%}}

{{Row|'''''Ma Jiubing '''''<br/>{{Nihongo9Nihongo|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/>{{Nihongo9Nihongo|type1=J|李牧}}|'''|{{W|Weekly Young Jump}}'' 2004, No.18|N/A|One-Shot|w1=40%}}

{{Row|'''''Moubu and Soko '''''<br/>{{Nihongo9Nihongo|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/>{{Nihongo9Nihongo|type1=J|キングダム|Kingu damuKingudamu}}|'''|{{W|Weekly Young Jump}}'' 2006 No.6|Jan 26, 2006 - Present|Manga|w1=40%}}

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''

KingdomCover.jpg|''Kingdom'' Volume 1

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