Masaoki Shindō

is a Japanese manga artist from Kagoshima Prefecture. Their editor, Naitō, first encountered the one-shot in June 2016 and have noted the author's "solid drawing skills and brushwork". Twin Peach received an honorable mention at the award ceremony that year and also won the Grand Treasure Award. It was published in Shueisha's special Jump Cross issue in December 2016, along with their second one-shot Sky Claw. Count Over, their fourth one-shot, was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in May 2018; its story and art were similarly praised by readers. The series went into an indefinite hiatus in August 2022 due to Shindo's health. It resumed its serialization in March 2024 and was moved to Weekly Shōnen Jump digital version and the Shōnen Jump+ platform in April, changing to a biweekly release schedule.

Shindo provided the character designs and concept art for the 2023 roguelike adventure video game . Naitō said that the series had a "heavy influence" on Twin Peach. published by Shueisha in five volumes

One-shots Twin Peach (2016) – published in Jump Cross Sky Claw (2016) – published in Jump Cross Count Over (2018) – published in Weekly Shōnen Jump (2020) – published in Jump Giga