Tetsuhiro Koshita

**Tetsuhiro Koshita** (Japanese: こした てつひろ, *Koshita Tetsuhiro*) is a Japanese manga aritst.

## Biography

Born in Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture, Koshita make his first debut as a manga artist in 1985 with his first work, *Haikei Sarada Boy*, which was serialized on Shogakukan's *Weekly Shonen Sunday S* magazine from December 1985 to August 1987.

In November 1989, Koshita created the manga series *Honō no Tōkyūji: Dodge Danpei*, which was serialized on *CoroCoro Comic* up to June 1995. *Dodge Danpei* became Koshita's major hit, and had been adapted into a TV anime adaptation that was aired from October 14, 1991 to September 21, 1992 for a total of 47 episodes.

While serializing *Dodge Danpei*, Koshita had also created another manga series: *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!*, which was serialized on *CoroCoro Comic* from July 1994 to November 1997. Like *Dodge Danpei*, *Let's & Go!* is a major hit and had spawned numerous sequels and spin-offs, and had been adapted into TV anime adaptations by the animation studio Xebec in the 90's. The success of *Let's & Go!* had most contributed for the 2nd Mini 4WD boom in the same period.

## List of works

### On-going

* *Honō no Tōkyūjo: Dodge Danko* (Serialized on *Weekly CoroCoro Comic* from November 28, 2022. Sequel to *Honō no Tōkyūji: Dodge Danpei*)

### Completed / Canceled

* *Haikei Sarada Bo*y (Serialized on *Weekly Shonen Sunday S* from December 1985 to August 1987, 2 volumes)
* *Formula Panic* (Serialized on *Weekly Shonen Sunday* from June 1985 to February 1987, 4 volumes)
* *Moero! Avante Kyoudai* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Comic* from December 1989 to February 1991, 2 volumes)
* *Honō no Tōkyūji: Dodge Danpei* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Comic* from November 1989 to June 1995, 18 volumes)
* *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!* / *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! WGP* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Comic* from July 1994 to November 1997, 13 volumes)
* *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! MAX* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Comic* from January 1998 to August 1999, 7 volumes)
* *Get the Goal! 4v4 Arashi* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Comic* from March 2000 to December 2001, 4 volumes)
* *Kattobi Racer! Dangun Wolf* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Comic* from April 2004 to October 2005, 3 volumes)
* *Saikyou Banken Gao* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Ichiban!* from September 2006 to July 2007)
* *Goal Getter Yuuto* (Serialized on *Shogaku Year 1* and *CoroCoro Comic* from April 2007 to March 2008, 1 volume)
* *Jushinden: The Brave and the Card of Hope* (Based on the *Jushinden* TCG by Konami, serialized on CoroCoro Ichiban! from September 2007 to September 2008)
* *Yatterman* (Based on *Yatterman* by Tatsunoko Production, serialized on Shogaku Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 from 2008 to 2009, 2 volumes)
* *Inazuma Eleven* (Based on *Inazuma Eleven* by Level-5, serialized on CoroCoro Ichiban! from March 2010 to April 2014, 4 volumes)
* *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! Return Racers!* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Aniki* from October 15, 2014 to November 15, 2021, 6 volumes)
* *Let's & Go! Tsubasa: The Next Racers* (Serialized on CoroCoro Ichiban! from August 21, 2017 to January 21, 2021, 5 volumes)

### Shorts

* *ChibiOni the Youkai Warrior* (Serialized on *Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic* from December 1988 to February 1989)
* *Chokyuji Gao!* (Serialized on *Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic* from August to December 1993)
* *Soccer Kid* (Published on *Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic* in 1994)
* *GanGan Genta!* (Published on *Hyper CoroCoro* in 1999)
* *Custom Robo* (Based on *Custom Robo* by NOISE and Nintendo, serialized on *Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic* from August to December 1999)
* *Custom Robo V2* (Based on *Custom Robo V2* by NOISE and Nintendo, serialized on *Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic* from February to June 2001)
* *Youkai Hunter Jinda* (Serialized on *Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic* from January to February 2002)
* *Dodge Fighter Ichigeki!* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Comic* from Decemebr 2002 to February 2003)
* *Tsubbare! Banta* (Published on *CoroCoro Ichiban!* in March 2006)
* *Rekketsu! Mini 4WD School* (Serialized on *Shogaku Year 3* from April 2009 to March 2011)
* *Mini 4 Battler Kiba* (Serialized on *Shogaku Year 4* from April 2010 to March 2011)
* *Mini 4WD Chousatai* (Serialized on *Shogaku Year 3* from April 2011 to March 2012)
* *Gattsuri! Mini 4WD Gekijo* (Serialized on *Shogaku Year 4* from April 2011 to March 2012)
* *Inazuma Eleven GO* (Based on *Inazuma Eleven GO* by Level-5, published on Televi-kun in March and July 2012)
* *Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chronos Stone* (Based on *Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chronos Stone* by by Level-5, published on Televi-kun in January 2013)

### Character designs

* *YamYam* (Video game on Super Famicon/SNES, published by Bandai)

### Mini 4WD car designs

* All cars in the Fully Cowled Mini 4WD, Aero Mini 4WD, and Mechanical Mini 4WD line-ups
* BisonMagnum, RodeoSonic, Tridagger XX