

Between 19, Togashi authored Ten de Shōwaru Cupid ( てんで性悪キューピッド, lit. Weekly Shōnen Jump published some of the stories prior to a tankōbon release in 1989. I'm Not Afraid of the Wolf!!), a collection of comedy manga short-stories. Togashi's earliest published works for Shueisha include Ōkami Nante Kowakunai!! ( 狼なんて怖くない!!, lit. After having given up his goal of becoming a teacher, Togashi was contacted by an editor of Weekly Shōnen Jump during his senior year of college, who asked him to move to Tokyo. Another manga by Togashi titled Jura no Mizuki ( ジュラのミヅキ) was an honorable mention in Shueisha's first annual Hop Step Award Selection magazine, published in 1988. In 1986, at age 20, he authored a manga titled Buttobi Straight ( ぶっとびストレート, Buttobi Sutorēto) for which he received the Tezuka Award, the most prestigious award for new comic artists in Japan. During college he submitted some of his manga work to Weekly Young Jump, published by Shueisha. In high school, Togashi joined the fine-arts club he later enrolled at Yamagata University where he studied education in the hope of becoming a teacher. Togashi is married to Naoko Takeuchi, the author of Sailor Moon.īorn in Shinjō, Yamagata to a family that owned a paper shop, Togashi began drawing manga casually in his first to second year of elementary school.

He is perhaps best known for writing and illustrating the YuYu Hakusho (1990–1994) and Hunter × Hunter (1998–present) series, both of which are some of the best-selling manga in history.
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Togashi has authored several manga series in different genres during the past three decades. He began drawing manga at an early age, before being recognized for his talent by publishing company Shueisha while attending college.

Yoshihiro Togashi ( 冨樫 義博, Togashi Yoshihiro, born April 27, 1966) is a Japanese manga artist.
