Tatsuya Endo

, born July 23, 1980 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese manga artist. He is the creator of the SPY x FAMILY manga.
== Personality ==
Endo aspired to be a manga artist since childhood. His family consists of one parent and one elder brother. His favorite actors are Bruce Lee and Hiroshi Abe, and his favorite actresses are Meg Ryan and Audrey Tautou. His favorite manga artists are Akira Toriyama, Hiroyuki Nishimori, and Minetaro Mochizuki. His hobbies, special skills, pride include skiing, basketball, racket-based ball games, repeated side-steps, doing nothing, getting stomatitis, and health destruction.
== Career ==
Endo worked as an assistant for the manga series Blue Exorcist, Fire Punch and Attack on Titan.
In 2000, he won the 5th award for his one-shot, Seibu Yugi, in the Name category.
== Mentors ==
* Yasuhiro Kanō (Mx0, Pretty Face)Yasuhiro Kano Pretty Face Volume 6, Page 206
* Yoshiyuki Nishi (Muhyo & Roji's BSI)Yoshiyuki Nishi Muhyo & Roji's BSI Volume 2, Page 114
== Works ==
=== Manga ===
Title 	Format 	Further Notes
 	One-shot	5th Story King Award Winner.
Published in:
* Akamaru Jump (Spring 2000)
 	One-shot	The predecessor of the serialized version.
Published in:
* Weekly Shōnen Jump #51 (2000)
WITCH CRAZE	One-shot	Published in:
* Weekly Shōnen Jump #21-22 (2001)
PMG-0 	One-shot	Published in:
* Weekly Shōnen Jump #24 (2004)
 	One-shot	Illustrated based on a novel by Tomohito Osaki.
Published in:
* Jump the Revolution! (2006)
 	Serial 	Published in:
* Jump SQ (December 2007-August 2008)
* 2 volumes
 	Serial 	Published in:
* Jump SQ (June 2010-February 2012)
* 5 volumes
 	One-shot	Published in:
* Jump SQ (July 2014)
 	One-shot	Published in:
* Jump SQ.Crown (Spring 2017)
I SPY 	One-shot	Published in:
* Jump SQ (March 2018)
SPY×FAMILY 	Serial 	Published in:
* Shōnen Jump+ (March 25, 2019-present)
* All of Tatsuya Endo's one-shots released before Rooftop Detective -Octane- were compiled and published in the volume , which released on September 4, 2008. (ISBN 9784088745732)
* In 2023, all volumes of TISTA received English publications by Viz Media. In the same year, the first two volumes of Blade of the Moon Princess have also been released in English, with the third and fourth volumes set to release later in 2024. 
** (TISTA) (ISBN 9781974736713)
** (Blade of the Moon Princess) (ISBN 9781974738656)
=== Books ===
* (co-writer; with Aya Yajima) which released on December 22, 2023. (ISBN 9784087035421)
* SPY x FAMILY CODE: White Film Files which released on December 22, 2023.
=== Illustrations ===
* - , February 2006
* - , October 2006
* - , February 2011
* - , 2013年7月発行
* - , November 2013
== Trivia ==
* Endo's blood type is B.
* Endo likes cats but is allergic to them.
* Endo is a huge fan of idol groups, particularly the idol group Nogizaka46 and its former member Takayama Kazumi. He has drawn multiple illustrations referencing Takayama, as well as illustrations expressing sadness during the graduation of Takayama and other members.
* After the graduation of Nogizaka46 members, Endo appears to be a fan of Hinatazaka46 and its captain Sasaki Kumi, attending their concerts and similarly drawing illustrations referencing Sasaki.
== References ==
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