Tatsuki Fujimoto
Early life. Tatsuki Fujimoto was born on October 10, 1992 or 1993, in Nikaho, Akita Prefecture, Japan. He started drawing at an early age. He had no preparatory schools available near his home, so he went to painting classes in which his grandparents attended and practiced oil painting. He graduated in Western painting from Tohoku University of Art and Design in Yamagata, Yamagata in 2014. Career. In 2011, Fujimoto drew his first one-shot work, , which was nominated for the December "Jump SQ." Monthly Award (it was later published on the "Shōnen Jump+" online platform on July 17 , 2017). Fujimoto's one-shot, , was an entry work for the 10th Supreme Comic Grand Prize season II in 2013. His next one-shot work was , for which he won a Jury Special Award at the May 2013 Shueisha's Crown Newcomers' Awards. Fujimoto's next one-shot work was , for which he won his second Jury Special Award at the July 2013 Shueisha's Crown Newcomers' Awards. (later published on "Shōnen Jump+" on June 13, 2016). Fujimoto next work was , for which he won an Honorable Mention Award at the November 2013 Shueisha's Crown Newcomers' Awards, and was  his first published work, being launched in "Jump SQ.19" vol. 13 on April 19, 2014. His next one-shot works were , published in "Jump SQ.19" vol. 14 on June 19, 2014; , published in "Jump SQ.19" vol. 17 on December 19, 2014; and , published in the August 2015 issue of "Jump Square" on July 4, 2015. Fujimoto published his first major and serialized work, "Fire Punch", on Shueisha's "Shōnen Jump+" online magazine, where it ran from April 18, 2016, to January 1, 2018. The series spawned eight "tankōbon" volumes. Fujimoto also published on "Shōnen Jump+" the one-shot on April  24, 2017, and the one-shot in the June 2018 issue of "Jump Square" on May 2, 2018. Fujimoto's second major serialized work, "Chainsaw Man", was published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shōnen Jump" from December 3, 2018, to December 14, 2020. The series was collected in eleven "tankōbon" volumes. A sequel to the series is planned to start publishing in "Shōnen Jump+". "Chainsaw Man" topped Takarajimasha's "Kono Manga ga Sugoi!" list of best manga of 2021 for male readers and earned Fujimoto the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award for Best Shōnen Manga. In 2021, the manga won the Harvey  Awards for Best Manga. Fujimoto illustrated the cover of the novels anthology , released on April 2, 2021. Fujimoto participated as a guest judge at "Shonen Jump+"s "Million Tag" online reality show in July 2021. Fujimoto published the one-shot on "Shōnen Jump+" on July 19, 2021. The chapter was collected by Shueisha in a single volume, released on September 3, 2021. "Look Back" topped the "Kono Manga ga Sugoi!" 2022 list of best manga for male readers. Two collected volumes of Fujimoto's previous one-shots, "17–21" and "22–26", titled after his age at the time of each volume one -shots, were released on October 4 and November 4, 2021, respectively. He illustrated the novel , published on November 4, 2021. Fujimoto illustrated a version of one of the forty-two volumes of the "Dragon Ball" manga for the "Dragon Ball Super Gallery Project", celebrating the series' 40th anniversary, which was published in "Saikyō Jump" on December 3, 2021. Fujimoto published , a 200-page one-shot, on "Shōnen Jump+" on April 11, 2022.