birth_place nationality notableworks name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
tokyo , japan japanese '' light club '' palepoli '' '' short cuts '' '' lychee usamaru furuya 25 january 1968 usamaru furuya
 furuya usamaru 古屋 兎丸 manga artist , illustrator
usamaru furuya

during elementary school , furuya enrolled in the osamu tezuka manga correspondence course and by the time he reached high school he had discovered a darker , more underground style .
during college his work evolved from figurative to eventually dealing more with abstract shapes .
in 1994 furuya published his debut series palepoli in garo .
after graduating from college , he initially planned to work as a full-time artist while doing illustrations on the side , but his manga became successful and his career blossomed .
