In 2008 Yotsuba&! was nominated for the 12th Osamu Tezuka Culture Award and the Eisner Award “Best Publication for Kids” category. Azuma has been praised for his ability to capture “the wonder of childhood” and has been compared to Bill Watterson’s in Calvin and Hobbes. Also serialized in Dengeki Daioh, the series follows the adventures of a six-year-old girl called Yotsuba. It was a major hit and in 2002 was adapted into an anime series. Azumanga Daioh was about a group of high school girls and a forerunner to the slice-of-life 4-koma genre.

It was serialized in the Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh magazine.

He also illustrated hentai manga under the pen name Jōji Jonokuchi.įrom 1999 to 2002, he worked the manga series Azumanga Daioh. In his early career Azuma would write doujinshis based on franchises Neon Genesis Evangelion, Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo!, Battle Athletes Victory and Dragon Ball. He graduated from Kobe Design University.

He is best known for writing the four-panel series Azumanga Daioh and the slice-of-life series, Yotsuba&!.Īzuma was born in 1968 in Takasago, Japan. He is a graduate from Kobe Design University and Hyōgo Prefectural Kakogawa East High School in Kakogawa.Kiyohiko Azuma is a Japanese manga author and artist. The 'Azumanga' in Azumanga Daioh comes from the author's last name, Azuma. He also designed the characters from the anime Magical Play, which was webcast from 2001 to 2002. His doujinshi manga was based on such franchises as Neon Genesis Evangelion, Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo!, Battle Athletes Victory and Dragon Ball. In his younger days Azuma would write doujinshi and hentai manga under the pen names Jōji Jonokuchi and A-ZONE. His current series is Yotsuba&!, also serialized in Dengeki Daioh. In his manga he writes under the hiragana form of his name, which has led some non-Japanese-speakers to confuse him for a woman (as they have mistaken the masculine ending -hiko for the feminine -ko).Īzuma's style of art is easily recognizable, having distinguished itself from common shojo and shonen art styles in the 1990s. He is famous for writing the manga series Azumanga Daioh, serialized from 1999 to 2002 on the Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh magazine. Kiyohiko Azuma (born in Takasago) is a Japanese manga writer and illustrator.

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