週刊ヤングサンデー
Inoue's debut manga was "Murder" in 1989 which was published in "Weekly Young Sunday" and won the magazine's newcomers prize. In 1990, he had his first manga serialization, "Bunpuku Chagama Daimaō", which printed in "Weekly Young Sunday". His third work, "Tamashii Rettsha", was published straight-to-tankōbon by Yōsensha.