Yasuki Tanaka

Yasuki Tanaka
Japanese Name	田中 靖規 たなか やすのり
Romanized Name	Tanaka Yasuki
Birth Name	Yasunori Tanaka
Profile
Age	42
Birthday	November 17, 1982 (Wakayama, Japan)
Zodiac Sign	Scorpio
Gender	Male
Blood Type	O
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Manga artist
Notable Works	Summer Time Rendering
Other Information
Affiliation	Hirohiko Araki (Former Assistant)

“

Araki-sensei, thank you for helping me come this far. (荒木先生、今までお世話になりました。)

”

—Yasuki Tanaka, Katobure Pass of Hitomi Volume 1

Yasuki Tanaka (田中 靖規, Tanaka Yasuki), real name Yasunori Tanaka (たなか やすのり, Tanaka Yasunori), is a Japanese manga artist. He was an assistant of Hirohiko Araki during Steel Ball Run along with Hiroshi Shiibashi until the serialization of his series Katobure Pass of Hitomi in 2007.

Biography

Yasuki Tanaka was born in Wakayama Prefecture. In September 2002, he received the 39th Tenkaichi Manga Award' Honorable Mention for his one-shot "Baku". He was subsequently published in the 2003 winter issue of Akamaru Jump. He publihed several one-shots over the years, such as "DEAD/UNDEAD" in Aomaru Jump on April 1, 2004; "Katobure Pass of Hitomi" in 2006, which was serialized in 2007 in Weekly Shonen Jump.

His next serialized series is "Key Man Kagijin-" in 2009 in WSJ, the a short-term series named "Medabots 7" in "Saikyo Jump" in 2012. In 2014 and 2015, Tanaka had a series named "Gaist Crusher" published in several magazines.

In 2017, his series Summer Time Rendering was serialized in the digital magazine Shōnen Jump+, it has ended in 2021.

Works

• Baku (獏)(One-shot published in 2003 in "Akamaru Jump"『赤マルジャンプ』)
• DEAD/UNDEAD(One-shot published in "Aomaru Jump"『青マルジャンプ』in 2004)
• Aerial picture book (空中図鑑) (in "Akamaru Jump"『赤マルジャンプ』)
• Katobure Pass of Hitomi (瞳のカトブレパス#読切) (One-shot, 2006, WSJ)
• Katobure Pass of Hitomi, 2 volumes published in WSJ in 2007
• Jamev (ジャメヴ)(one-shot, 2008, "Akamaru Jump"『赤マルジャンプ』)
• Key Man -Kagijin- (鍵人 -カギジン-) (One-shot, 2009, "Akamaru Jump"『赤マルジャンプ』)
• Key Man -Kagijin- (鍵人 -カギジン-) (serialized 2009, WSJ)
• Medabots 7 (メダロット7)(2012, Saikyo Jump『最強ジャンプ』)
• Gaist Crusher (ガイストクラッシャー)(serialized from 2013 to 2015 in Saikyo Jump『最強ジャンプ』)
• Gaist Crusher First (ガイストクラッシャー ファースト)(2013-2014 in "V-Jump"『Vジャンプ』)
• Gaist Crusher Academy (ガイストクラッシャー学園)(2014-2015 in V-Jump『Vジャンプ』)
• Summer Time Rendering (サマータイムレンダ)(serialized from 2017 to 2021 Shonen Jump+)

Gallery

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  Katobure Pass of Hitomi vol.1

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  Tanaka's workspace

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  Tanaka's manuscripts

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  Tanaka's autograph

Trivia

• While working on his series Kagijin, Yasuki Tanaka would go on to become the master of Kohei Horikoshi, creator of My Hero Academia.