Hirohiko Araki

Hirohiko Araki (荒木飛呂彦, Araki Hirohiko) is a mangaka and author of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, on which this wikia project is based.

Biography

Hirohiko Araki was born on June 7 1960 in Sendai, Japan. Araki left school before graduation from Miyagi University of Education.

Araki is best known for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, published in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1987 to 2002, before the series transferred to the seinen magazine Ultra Jump in 2004.

Araki has received the Tezuka Award.

In 2012, Araki celebrates his 30th year as a manga artist and the 25th anniversary of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

JoJo is full of references to Western and Italian culture, both of which Araki is reportedly very fond. Many instances of names, styles, concepts or segments of stories originating or expressed in music, film, fashion and other comics and manga are readily identifiable in the story and expression of the manga.

Many of Araki's creations have been translated and released in Europe, but so far only JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Baoh have been released in the U.S., one theory being that Araki's frequent references to Western music, film, and others violate either U.S. or other copyright laws. Publications by Viz avoid this problem by replacing certain references within the copy of the manga with thematically comparable alternatives.