is a Japanese manga artist

Mangaka

is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...

 born in Mutsu

Mutsu, Aomori

is a city located in northeastern Aomori in the Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 2009, the city had an estimated population of 61,205 and a density of 70.09 persons per km²...

, Aomori Prefecture

Aomori Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region. The capital is the city of Aomori.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Aomori prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....

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He won the 39th and the 40th Tezuka Award

Tezuka Award

The is a semi-annual manga award offered by the Japanese publisher Shueisha , under the auspices of its Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. It awards new comic artists in the Story Manga category. Its counterpart award, Akatsuka Award, awards new comic artists in the Comedic Manga category...

. He made his professional manga debut with WORLDS in 1990. All of his works are published by Shueisha

Shueisha

is a major publisher in Japan. The company was founded in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company. Magazines published by Shueisha include Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Young Jump,...

 under their Shōnen Jump

Shonen Jump

Shōnen Jump or Shonen Jump may refer to:*Weekly Shōnen Jump, a Japanese manga anthology magazine published by Shueisha since 1968*Monthly Shōnen Jump, a former sister publication of Weekly Shōnen Jump, published from 1970 to 2007...

 labels. He has also illustrated three light novel

Light novel

A is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting junior high and high school students . The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or for short...

s and released two comprehensive art books across his career. Two of the series he has worked on have been made into televised anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

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Fujisaki is best known for the series Hōshin Engi, which was adapted into an anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 series and a number of radio drama

Radio drama

Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...

s, as well as having spawned two video games and cameos in a third. Hōshin Engi is currently being considered for a remake by Shomei TV. He is also working on the recent project to adapt Ono Fuyumi's novel Shiki

Shiki (manga)

is a horror novel by Japanese novelist Fuyumi Ono, originally published in two parts by Shinchosha in 1998, which is later reprinted in five parts in 2002. A manga series adapting the story is drawn by Ryu Fujisaki and currently serialized in Japanese monthly magazine Jump SQ. from December 2007...

, which has also gone on to be made into an anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

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Currently, Both Hōshin Engi and Wāqwāq

Waqwaq

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryu Fujisaki. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from 2004 to 2005. Shueisha compiled the chapters into four tankōbon in Japan, the first released on January 5, 2005, and the fourth on July 4, 2005...

are being released in English by Viz Media

VIZ Media

VIZ Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, is an anime, manga, and Japanese entertainment company. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is jointly owned by Japanese publishers Shogakukan and Shueisha, and...

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Manga Works

• Hōshin Engi
• Tenkyugi
• Wāqwāq
  Waqwaq
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryu Fujisaki. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from 2004 to 2005. Shueisha compiled the chapters into four tankōbon in Japan, the first released on January 5, 2005, and the fourth on July 4, 2005...
  
  
• Shiki
  Shiki (manga)
  is a horror novel by Japanese novelist Fuyumi Ono, originally published in two parts by Shinchosha in 1998, which is later reprinted in five parts in 2002. A manga series adapting the story is drawn by Ryu Fujisaki and currently serialized in Japanese monthly magazine Jump SQ. from December 2007...
  
  
• Sakuratetsu Taiwahen
• Dramatic Irony Short Story Collection
• PSYCHO+
• WORLDS Short Story Collection

Illustration Works

• Hoshin Taizen
• Putitakityu
• Nemuri Hime ha Mahou wo Tsukau (Light Novel Illustrator)
• RIPPER GAME (Light Novel Illustrator)
• D Shitsu no Koneko no Bouken (Light Novel Illustrator)

Games

• Senkaiden Hoshin Engi Yori
• Senkaiden Hoshin Engi Yori 2
• Jump Ultimate Stars
  Jump Ultimate Stars
  is a fighting video game developed by Ganbarion and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It is the sequel to Jump Super Stars, also released for the DS. The game was released in Japan on November 23, 2006...
  
  (Hōshin Engi characters only)
• Phantasy Star Portable 2
  Phantasy Star Portable 2
  is a video game for the PlayStation Portable, produced by Alfa System and published by Sega. It is the sequel to Phantasy Star Portable and was released for the PlayStation Portable in Japan on December 3, 2009...
  
  (Collaboration)