Hiroshi Motomiya

is a Japanese manga artist from Chiba Prefecture. His works include Tenchi wo Kurau (1983–1984) and Salary Man Kintaro (1994–2002). By April 2026, his various works published by Shueisha had over 100 million copies in circulation, making him one of the best-selling authors of all time.

Career Motomiya's Ore no Sora ran in Shueisha's Weekly Playboy from 1975 to 1978. It has spawned several sequel series and adaptations. He serialized Otokogi in Shogakukan's Big Comic from 1979 to 1980. It also spawned several sequel manga and adaptations.

Motomiya serialized Takeki Ōgon no Kuni in Shueisha's Business Jump from 1990 to 1992. It has spawned several sequels, each following a different figure from Japanese history.

On October 13, 2004, Shueisha suspended Motomiya's Kuni ga Moeru manga from Weekly Young Jump after 37 politicians and more than 200 other people complained about a photograph that was used in the series in mid-September. The original photo is purported to depict the Nanjing Massacre, which the politicians claimed to have never happened. Motomiya drew it to have the accurate uniform, leading to complaints of misrepresenting history.

Motomiya began Nisemono? in July 2007 for the Pfizer pharmaceutical company. It was serialized on their Japanese website and aimed to help men who suffer from erectile dysfunction.

Katsu Fūtarō!! was serialized in Shueisha's Grand Jump from 2013 to 2016. In 2017, Motomiya launched Kōun Ryūsui in the same magazine. It follows Chinese explorer Xu Fu, who travels to Japan seeking the elixir of eternal life. He launched Good Job, a collaboration with Hiroshi Takano, in Weekly Young Jump the following year. It ran until July 2020. Motomiya briefly serialized Umi o Wataru be in Grand Jump for four months in 2020. The artist then serialized Boku, Imasu yo. in Weekly Young Jump from 2020 until 2021.

Moto Kikaku Moto Kikaku (formerly Motomiya Kikaku) is a group of manga artists, founded by Motomiya. They are best known in the West for the Strider Hiryu manga (published by Kadokawa Shoten), which was developed as a tie-in to Capcom's video game hit Strider. The group had input in Strider 2 s character designs, and the original manga's plot was adapted as the plot of the NES version.

Works

- written by Hiroshi Takano