Takahiro Arai

**Takahiro Arai**
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**Profile**
**Gender:**
Male
**Date of birth:**
June 16, 1982 *(43)*
**Place of birth:**
Kanagawa Prefecture
**Position:**
Mangaka
**Years active:**
2004-present
**Takahiro Arai** (新井 隆広 ,*Arai Takahiro*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), born June 16, 1982 in Kanagawa Prefecture, is the mangaka in charge of *[Zero's Tea Time](/wiki/Zero%27s_Tea_Time "Zero's Tea Time")*, a spin-off of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* centered on the character [Rei Furuya](/wiki/Rei_Furuya "Rei Furuya"), which is published in the [Shōnen Sunday](/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnen_Sunday "Shōnen Sunday") magazine. He later also worked on [Wild Police Story](/wiki/Wild_Police_Story "Wild Police Story"), which focused on [Hiromitsu Morofushi](/wiki/Hiromitsu_Morofushi "Hiromitsu Morofushi"), [Wataru Date](/wiki/Wataru_Date "Wataru Date"), [Kenji Hagiwara](/wiki/Kenji_Hagiwara "Kenji Hagiwara"), [Jinpei Matsuda](/wiki/Jinpei_Matsuda "Jinpei Matsuda") and Rei Furuya, who all studied together at the Police Academy.
## Contents
* [1 Biography](#Biography)
* [2 Works](#Works)
* [3 See also](#See_also)
* [4 References](#References)
## Biography[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Arai&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
Born in June 1982 in Kanagawa Prefecture, he graduated from [Eiko Gakuen High School](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiko_Gakuen "wikipedia:Eiko Gakuen") in Kamakura and later the faculty of economics of [Keio University](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keio_University "wikipedia:Keio University")[](#cite_note-1). He then lived for a short period in Scotland, UK. Arai started in 2004 with a one-shot named "Grand Butler" (グランバトラー), published in Shonen Sunday S[](#cite_note-Natalie-2).
His first big work was [Darren Shan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque_du_Freak_(manga) "wikipedia:Cirque du Freak (manga)"), from the eponymous novel series by Darren O'Shaughnessy (aka Darren Shan)[](#cite_note-Natalie-2). After the success of this manga, he started in 2009 his first original manga, "AR∀GO", which ended in 2011. In 2013, he started a manga adaptation of the all-time classic novel by Victor Hugo "Les Misérables"[](#cite_note-Natalie-2).
In 2018, he started writing "Zero's Tea Time", based on "Detective Conan", under supervision of Gosho Aoyama. In 2019-2020, he drew "Wild Police Story", from the original scenario by Gosho Aoyama. In 2023, he started his first new series after his collaboration with [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama"), which is titled "Tenogeka", based on the original script by Shiishihi (詩石灯)[](#cite_note-3).
His brother [Junya Arai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ja:%E6%96%B0%E4%BA%95%E6%B7%B3%E4%B9%9F "wikipedia:ja:新井淳也") (新井 淳也) is also a mangaka.
## Works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Arai&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Works")]
* Darren Shan (2006-2009), from the original work by Darren O'Shaughnessy
* [Arago](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arago_(manga) "wikipedia:Arago (manga)") (2009-2011)
* Les Misérables (2013-2016), from the original work by Victor Hugo
* Tensho no Quadrable (2017-2018)
* [Zero's Tea Time](/wiki/Zero%27s_Tea_Time "Zero's Tea Time") (2018-2022)
* [Wild Police Story](/wiki/Wild_Police_Story "Wild Police Story") (2019-2020)
* Tenogeka (since 2023), from the original work by Shiishihi