Info Mangaka Assistants

[Sama_al_Azraq]

Kinda suprised nobody linked into this website yet: http://www.ktr.to/Comic/assistant.html

(I always hate when I take on a project then stubble across that one website which can really speed this whole thing up)

It's not broken up by magazine (or era), so it's kinda hard to work through, but an English version of that would be very helpful.

From left to right, up to bottom

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Kaizuka Hiroshi (Chichi no Tamashii)
Kawasaki Noboru (Kouya no Shounen Isamu)
Akatsuka Fujio (Ore ha Gebatetsu)
Ishinomori Shoutarou (Ore to ore)
Kasama Shirou (Kirisakareta Seishun)
Hoshino Yukinobu (Blue City)

Yoshizawa Yasumi (Dokonjou Gaeru)
Big Jou (Houchounin Ajihei)
Torii Kazuyoshi (Toilet Hakase)
Nagai Gou (Harenchi Gakuen)
Kikuchi Noriko (Wagahai wa Nora-kou)
Uoto Osamu (Kasai no hito)

Ishikawa Saburou (Keisatsuken Monogatari)

Inoue Koo (Samurai Giants)
Motomiya Hiroshi (Tenchi wo Kurau)
Araki Hirohiko (Steel Ball Run)
Matsumoto Izumi (Kimagure Orange Road)

Kurumada Masami (Saint Seiya)
Takahashi Yoshihiro (Ginga - Nagareboshi Gin)
Kanai Tatsuo (Hole in One)
Maekawa Keizou (Gals ga Rival)
Egawa Tatsuya (Taruruto-kun)
Hagiwara Kazushi (Bastard)

Tomizawa Jun (Gakuen Jouhoubu HIP)
Hara Tetsu (Hokuto no Ken)
Miyashita Akira (Sakigake! Otoko-juku)
Tanaka Yasuki (Kagijin)
Naka Masato (Dark Floid)
Shinkai Hideo (Light Wing)
Shiibashi Hiroshi (Nurarihyon no Mago)
Yamane Kazutoshi (Choudokyuu Senshi Justice)

Todate Shin'go (Cosmos Striker)
Morita Masanori (Beshari Gurashi)
Nagasawa Katsuhiro (The Edge)
Sakamoto Shin'ichi (Motor Command Guy)

Oota Fumihiko (Genshoku Choujin Paintman)
Takeki Jin (Ougon no Myoujou)
Kishi Daimurou (Kyouryuu Daikikou)
Tsuruoka Nobuhisa (Metal Finish)
Iwata Yasuteru (Shinkouendan Shinshiroku)

Hidano Kentarou (Chrono Mansion)
Yoshimura Kana (Abyss Life)

Katsura Masakazu (I's)

Kuroiwa Yoshihiro (Sasuke Ninden)

Hataji Hideaki (Star Bakuhatsu)
Inada Kouji (Dai no Daibouken)
Onikubo Hirohisa (F no Senkou)
Maki Kouji (Godsider)

Ariga Teruto (Matte! Sailor-fuku Kishi)
Toda Takanobu (Hoshi wo Tsugu Mono)
Kita Yasuaki (Makuhari)

Tsugihara Ryuuji (Yoroshiku Mecha Doc)
Noguchi Takashi (Ryuudou no Shigu)
Yagami Ken (Hisoka Returns)

Mizumoto Akitsugu (Ga-Rou)
Michimoto Munenori (Daisuou)

Usuta Kyousuke (Pyuu to Fuku Jaguar)
Miyata Eiji (Be Happy!)
Endo Kouichi (Tsuide ni Tonchinkan)
Tsukishima Kaoru (Shinri Sousakan)
Togashi Yoshihiro (Hunter X Hunter)

Yanagita Touichirou (Murofushi Kouji Monogatari)

Minagawa Ryouji (Arms)
Niwano Makoto (The Momotaro)
Yabuno Bushi (Matsuzaka Oomayu Monogatari)

Tamura Yuusuke (Donten Prism Solar Car)
Obata Takeshi (Bakuman)

Fujino Kouhei (Thoroughbred to yobanaide)
Tatesako Fumiaki (Gyouten Ningen Batsealer)

Uchimizu Tooru (Agrippa)
Shinohara Kenta (Sket Dance)

Nishi Yoshiyuki (Muhyou to Rouji no Mahouritsu Soudan Jimusho)
Sonoda Tatsunosuke (K.O. Masatome)
Satou Manabu (Jigoku Hyakkei Kandata)

Sorachi Hideaki (Gintama)

Amano Youichi (Examurai)

Yamada Gareki (Delicious Gals)
Tanaka Akira (Scoop)
Katsu Aki (Futari Ecchi)

Sagami Tsunehiro (F-Game)
Nishijima Ken'ichi (Bug)
Takahashi Hideki (Albaiter Kintarou)
Nagisawa Nao (Zenryoku Dash!)

Kisaki Takashi (Fallen)

Takaiwa Yoshihiro (Matsuda Yuusaku Monogatari)
Tezuka Osamu (Muse to Don)

Kurimoto Kentarou (Norowareteimasenka?)
Mutou Kenji (Toki-nagashi)
Yabuno Ten'ya (Ultra Eleven)
Mitsuhara Shin (Outer Zone)

Nakajima Norihiro (Astro Kyuudan)
Katakura Masanori (Pat-ken)
Terasawa Buichi (Cobra)
Komuro Koutarou (Twilight Zone)
Kotani Ken'ichi (Tennis Boy)

Hiramatsu Shinji (Black Angels)
Imaizumi Shinji (Sora no Canvas)
Asada Hiroyuki (Tegami Bachi)
Akimoto Osamu (Kochikame)

Hattori Shouta (Chaos Kitchen)

Saruwatari Tetsuya (Mr. Whitey)
SagaX (Karakuri Ninjaden Jahamaru)
Azuma Naoki (Shounen Shugoshin)
Tomisawa Chinatsu (Teyandei Baby)
Usune Masatoshi (Killer Boy)
Aro Hiroshi (Tottemo Shounen Tankentai)

Miya Takeshi (Pun no Seishun)

Ikeda Fumiharu (No Side)
Okano Takeshi (Nube)
Yamamoto Junji (Merry Wind)

Takahashi Youichi (Captain Tsubasa)
Yabuki Kentarou (Toloveru)

Hojo Tsukasa (City Hunter)

Funatsu Sou (Yamaneko Kuroto)

Asami Yuuko (Wild Half)
Hidaka Yuuki (Time Walker Rei)

Yanagawa Yoshihiro (Vice)
Satou Yoshitaka (Kaeru-shounen Kawazu-kun)
Dai Amon (Taizou Mote King Saga)

Shimabukuro Mitsutoshi (Toriko)

Kazu Hajime (Luck Stealer)

Ashihara Daisuke (Kashikoi Inu Lilienthal)
Tamura Yoshiyasu (Fudegami)

Inoue Takehiko (Slam Dunk)
Umezawa Haruto (Boy)
Kiriyama Kouji (Ninku)

Honna Kentarou (Natsukin)

Yagi Shin'ya (Nikoichi)
Nishi Kouhei (Tsugihagi Hyouryuu Sakka)
Sasaki Takeshi (King Golf)

Konomi Takeshi (Tennis no Oujisama)

Watsuki Nobuhiro (Embalming)
Oikawa Shoutarou (Agri)

Jigoku no Misawa (Kakkokawaii Sengen)

Kaiwa Masami (Momo▽Ichimonji)
Sakura Tamakichi (Shiawase no Katachi)

Kaitani Shinobu (Suizan Police Gang)
Tokuhiro Masaya (Kuta-chan)

Oda Eiichirou (One Piece)
Suzuki Shin'ya (Mr. Fullswing)
Yamada Kazushige (Gran Bagan)
Shin'ga Gin (Oni ga Kitarite)
Itou Mikio (Nazo no Murasame-kun)
Kawaguchi Yukinori (Hoopmen)
Takei Hiroyuki (Karakuri Douji Ultimo)

Ejiri Tatsuma (P2!)
Kobayashi Jin (School Rumble)
Oguri Kazumata (Tenten-kun)
Tsunomaru (Kocchan desu!)
Takeyama Yuusuke (Kaizer Spike)
Kiyu (Rocket de Tsukinukero!)

Furukawa Mamoru (Breath Kick)

Nakashima Yuuki (Kirihoushi)
Murase Katsutoshi (K.O.Sen)
Yamazaki Tsukasa (Leo no Takaramono)
Oikawa Yutaka (Sugar Hero)
Fujimaki Tadatoshi (kuroko no Basket)
Hasegawa Kouji (Kakutou Shokunin Audi)
Kawano Kei (Yuuto)
Iijima Jun (Boku to Kanojo no Hero to Akuyaku na Kankei)

Sakaki Shouta (Sengoku Armors)

Wakaki Tamiki (Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai)
Fujisaki Ryuu (Shiki)
Sugie Tasuku (Adrenalin)

Michimoto Munenori
Kanou Yasuhiro (Mx0)
Morimoto Takashi (Gimmick)
Andou Ei (North Island)
Katou Daigo (Oshirida-san no Jijou)
Tanabe Youichirou (Ano Natsu... Boku to Hakase to Hatsumei to)

Kaji Kimiya (Meister)
Endou Tatsuya (Gekka Bijin)
Yoshikawa Masayuki (Kicks Megamix)
Tamayama Daigo (Kyu Ba!)
Yama'ura Satoshi (Wing Rossi)

Fukushima Teppei (Samurai Usagi)
Kawashita Mizuki (Anedoki)
Kontarou (1,2 no Ahho)
Shinzawa Motoei (High School Kimengumi)
Eguchi Hisashi (Stop! Hibari-kun)

Takeuchi Ryousuke (Shirofune-san to Tentaikei Kanojo)

Futsuzawa Kakunoshin (Anaaki's)
Ogura Yuuya (Sengoku Bashou)
Koyama Jun (Saikyou (?) no Classmate)
Tsuchida Kenta (Lock On!)
Kobayashi Yuki (Akkera Kanjinchou)
Hoshino Katsura (D.Gray-man)
Abe Kuniyuki (Skyfisher Gakumaru)
Satou Tadashi (Moeru! Onisan)
Minomo Kenji (Hikaru! Chachacha!)

Amano Akira (Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn)
Kurazono Norihiko (Mahou Gyoushounin Roma)
Akatsuki Akira (Medaka Box)
Higuchi Daisuke (Whistle!)
Takahashi Kazuki (Yugioh!)

Sakaki Kenji (enigma)
Aimoto Shou (Hokenshitsu no Shinigami)
Kaito (Furen'ai Sentai Hayata Joe)
Kasuga Makoto (Ultimate Chaser)
Kobayashi Tsutomu (Crown!)
Katou Kazue (Ao no Exorcist)
Gotou Ryuuji (Caddy Girl Shun)
Satou Masashi (Mikakushi Tsumuji)

Kimura Satoshi (Chikyuu Shinryaku! Korureniosu)
Sasaki Minoru (Dot Invader)
Hayashi Ryouji (Detective Joe)

Sawai Yoshio (Bobobobo Bobobo)
Iwashiro Toshiaki (Psyren)

Asou Shuuichi (Boku no Watashi no Yuushagaku)
Matsui Yuusei (Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro)
Ozaki Yuuichi (Magician's Judgment)
Matsumoto Naoya (Nekowappa)
Tamura Ryuhei (Beelzebub)
Miyata Daisuke (Try A Gain)
Mizuno Teruaki (Metalica Metaluca)

Tsukamoto Youichi (Bloody Mary)
Mori Haruto (Two-tone)
Yamamoto Kazuya (Sayora)
Sasai Shin'go (Chacha.)
Kiyomizu Ryuutarou (Meiji Ninken Douchuutan)
Suzuki Hikaru (Double Fighter)
Tanabe Yuuya (Furugiya Heaven)
Uno Tomoya (Uchu Takkyuu)

Kishimoto Masashi (Naruto)

Ikemoto Mikio (Cosmos)
Kajisa Osamu (Tattoo Hearts)
Tasaka Ryou (Bullet Time)
Ookubo Akira (Mahoutsukai Muku)
Sakakura Yuuichi (Hand's)
Yagi Norihiro (Claymore)

Toriyama Akira (Dragon Ball)
Tamaru Hiroshi (Rabuyan)
Ooishi Kouji (Inumarudashi)
Hosono Fujihiko (Gu-Gu Ganmo)
Ikeda Akihisa (Rosario Vampire)

Hisuwashi (Can Kyan Everyday)
Inoue Yukihiro (Doruhira)
Hamada Kousuke (Dogashi Kaden!)
Isshiki Tokihiko (Mizutsukai no Rindou)
Sukeno Yoshiaki (Bimbougami ga!)
Maeda Risou (Dr. Rurru)

Not sure about these names below though
Takeki Jin (Ougon no Myoujou)
Yabuno Bushi (Matsuzaka Oomayu Monogatari)
Furukawa Mamoru (Breath Kick)
Hasegawa Kouji (Kakutou Shokunin Audi)
Can't find any site to confirm their names

 

[R4n]

Kinda suprised nobody linked into this website yet: http://www.ktr.to/Comic/assistant.html

(I always hate when I take on a project then stubble across that one website which can really speed this whole thing up)

It's not broken up by magazine (or era), so it's kinda hard to work through, but an English version of that would be very helpful.

Why hate? i love that website. Thank you for the information!

 

[Asarii]

@andyislands: Thank you so much! I'm sure there are A LOT more mangaka left to cover so this project is not quite done yet.

The next step is to organize these mangaka/assistants into categories, but that's for me to worry about so keep on posting!

 

[Josef]

Oh, it looks like I am late after everyone posted so many mangaka and their assistants.


Oh well, I guess I can help out with something else then, I can see what I can find but it is hard after everyone posted so much.

 

[Roflkopt3r]

So if I understand this diagram correctly: http://www.ktr.to/Comic/assistant.png
Then Kishimoto wasn't assistant under any well known Mangaka (or at least not amongst one of this list which seems potentially Shounen exclusive to me? Dunno, there are only few English names) and hat at least five assistants who later published their own works?

Perhaps they won't give him so many assistants anymore and that's why he's continuisly complaining about having to do so much work

 

[Sama_al_Azraq]

It's not shounen-exclusive but Jump-exclusive (with non-Jump gray-colored)
In the site, there are also links to Magazine and Sunday assistants diagram.

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Finished translating names for the Jump assistants diagram.

 

[Asarii]

I updated the original post to include all the mangaka and their assistants in one thread. For simplicity I categorized them according to the head mangaka's demographic. It means that even though Mochizuki Akira's assistants (and their assistants) work primarily with shonen, I placed her chain under shoujo because that's her demographic.

We still don't have any examples for josei, and we need more shoujo artists!

 

[Roflkopt3r]

Miura Kentaro's (Berserk) assistant, Mitsuhiku Kyuji, seemingly just started with Ookami no Kuchi: Wolfsmund (thx to Kaiten for telling us )
Also has a rather similar scenario, like Berserk it's a medieval european one.

 

[susanoo13]

Nobuyuki Anzai(Flame of Recca) -> Makoto Raikou(Gash Bell)

 

[Unok]

MASHIMA Hiro (Rave, Fairy Tail) -> YOSHIKAWA Miki (Yanki-kun to Megane-chan) + MIKUNI Shin (Spray King)

 

[MattC302]

Does anyone know if Takeshi Obata trained an apprentice or had any assistants that became successful? The only reason I ask is because THIS MANGA has art that is strikingly similar IMO. Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this question.

 

[Asarii]

When I searched the artist's name (Kanazawa Nobuaki/金沢伸明) and Obata (小畑健), there was no mention of the former being an assistant. The resemblance is definitely there in the artwork so I wouldn't be surprised if he was inspired.

 

[Estranho]

For my brazilian blog, I made a image, after some research, with the relations between some mangakas.
Here's the link: http://mangatologia.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/o-pequeno-mundo-dos-mangakas/#more-408 (it's all in portuguese, but the image is self-explanatory)

(For partners, I even consider one-shots)
(And yes, I know I forgot Ode-Watsuki relation)

 

[raDar]

Yeah you forgot Oda-Watsuki and also Shimabukuro worked as an assistant for Watsuki. And some green between Oda and Mikio Itou and Takei. IIRC, they're called the Watsuki Gang. But meh, that visual is great.

 

[Asarii]

I was checking out Amano Akira's Japanese wiki page when I noticed that she has quite a number of assistants who have/had their works serialized:

• Sakaki Kenji (Vol 1 to 16): Enigma
• KAITO (Vol 6 to 39): Cross Manage
• Saizaki Ren (Vol 11 to 16): Zetsuen no Tempest
• Aimoto Shou (Vol 13 to 15): Hokenshitsu no Shinigami

Three of them were published in WSJ (or is in Cross Manage's case), and one has been successful with an anime airing right now. This track record is pretty impressive imo! Amano must have been a good "tutor".

 

[Crude]

Out of Amano's assitants I'd say that Aimoto Shou is my favourite when it comes to artwork (I love her style), and Sakaki Kenji being my favourite in terms of story (even though the latter portion of Enigma's story was confusing and badly executed).