Takeshi Obata
Japanese artist
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Takeshi Obata is a Japanese manga artist that usually works as the illustrator in collaboration with a writer. He first gained international attention for Hikaru no Go with Yumi Hotta, but is better known for Death Note and Bakuman with Tsugumi... Wikipedia
Born: 1969 (age 55 years), Niigata, Niigata, Japan
Awards: Tezuka Award (1985), Shogakukan Manga Award (1999), Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (2003), and more
Area(s): Manga artist; illustrator
Notable works: Hikaru no Go; Death Note; Bakuman; Platinum End
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