Claim: Takeshi Obata is a manga artist who was born on October 15, 1957 in Okazaki, Japan that worked on Hikaru no Go, which is widely credited for the late 90s-2000s boom of the game of go in Japan.
Evidence: Takeshi Obata (小畑 健, Obata Takeshi, born February 11, 1969) is a Japanese manga artist that usually works as the illustrator in collaboration with a writer.