冨樫義博
Watsuki started drawing from the influence of his older brother. His favorite manga is Osamu Tezuka's "Black Jack" and his favorite artist is Takeshi Obata. Other series that influenced him include Fujiko F. Fujio's "Doraemon" and "Pa-man", Mitsuru Adachi's "Touch", "Wing Man" by Masakazu Katsura, Minako Narita's "Alien Street" and "Cypher", and "Yu Yu Hakusho" by Yoshihiro Togashi. Watsuki believes that he is not very good at writing comedy, but he stated that he does not give up on it because laughter contains "smiles and happiness, the greatest common denominators."