Kouhei Horikoshi
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Birth:Nov 20, 1986
Age:36
Gender:Male
Years active:2007-Present
Hometown:Aichi, JapanHorikoshi first attracted attention in the second half of 2006 when he entered Shueisha's 72nd Tezuka Award for Newcomers with his one shot Nukegara and made it to the final six, where he received an Honorable Mention. Various short stories in Shueisha's Akamaru Jump followed over the years until he published his one-shot Oumagadoki Doubutsuen in issue #2/2010 of Weekly Shounen Jump.Kōhei Horikoshi (堀越 耕平, Horikoshi Kōhei, born November 20, 1986)[1] is a Japanese manga artist known for creating the manga series Ōmagadoki Dōbutsuen, Barrage and My Hero Academia, all of which have been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. Horikoshi is a graduate of Toho High School and Nagoya University of Arts and is a native of Aichi Prefecture.[2] He was a former assistant for Yasuki Tanaka, creator of the manga series Summer Time Rendering, Hitomi no Catoblepas and Kagijin.[3]Horikoshi stated that his favorite manga series as a child were Dragon Ball, One Piece and Naruto. He was also influenced by manga artist Yuko Osada [ja] (Toto!: The Wonderful Adventure). Horikoshi is also a fan of American superhero comic books, particularly Marvel Comics.