About

Known credits:
13
Birthday:
1960-06-07
Place of birth:
Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
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Hirohiko Araki

Overview

Hirohiko Araki (荒木 飛呂彦, Araki Hirohiko, born June 7, 1960) is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut under the name Toshiyuki Araki (荒木 利之, Araki Toshiyuki) in 1980 with his one-shot Poker Under Arms, and began his professional career with the short series Cool Shock B.T., Baoh, and The Gorgeous Irene. Araki is best known for his long-running ongoing series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, which was first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1987 and has to date sold over 100 million copies in Japan alone. The series is known for frequent references to Western rock music, fashion, and Italy, all of which Araki is reportedly very fond of.

Known for

Writing
2024 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood Writing Original Film Writer N/A
N/A
2023 Rohan au Louvre Writing Original Story 59
Average
2020 Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Writing Comic Book 70
Good
2019 Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan 9: The Run Writing Comic Book 60
Fair
2017 Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Writing Comic Book 76
Good
2017 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 Writing Comic Book 60
Fair
2017 Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan 5: Millionaire Village Writing Comic Book 61
Fair
2017 Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan 5: Millionaire Village Writing Writer 61
Fair
2016 Under Execution Under Jailbreak Writing Comic Book N/A
N/A
2012 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Writing Comic Book 85
Very good
2007 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood Writing Comic Book 59
Average
1993 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Writing Comic Book 69
Fair
1989 Baoh: The Visitor Writing Comic Book 59
Average