Shimoku Kio

is a Japanese manga artist best known for his manga Genshiken, which was originally serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon. Kodansha later published its volumes in Japan, and by Del Rey in the United States. Genshiken is an anime, manga, and light novel series about a college otaku club and its members.

Works (1994, won for debut works) (1995–1996) (1997–1998) (1998–2000, sequel of Yonensei) (2002–2006) (2004, 2006 (anime), 2006–2007 (manga), original creator) (2008–2010) Spotted Flower (2010–) (2010–2016, sequel to Genshiken) Hashikko Ensemble (2018–2022)