Tadatoshi Fujimaki

is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of sports manga Kuroko's Basketball and Robot × LaserBeam, as well as Kill Blue, all of which have been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Biography

Fujimaki attended Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School and enrolled in Sophia University.

On October 16, 2013, threatening letters were sent to Fujimaki and high schools and colleges affiliated with him. The letters carried the message "If you do not stop the parody manga, you will get hydrogen sulfide", accompanying unknown powder substances. After the arrival of many other threat letters, Fujimaki eventually stated that he will continue the manga "no matter what". On December 16, 2013, the suspect was finally arrested. Not an acquaintance of Fujimaki, he told the police that he was "jealous of [author's] success."

Works Title Japanese title/Romaji Date Volumes Magazine Kuroko's Basketball 黒子のバスケ Kuroko no Basuke December 8, 2008 – September 1, 2014 30 Weekly Shōnen Jump Kuroko's Basketball: Extra Game 黒子のバスケ EXTRA GAME Kuroko no Basuke Extra Game December 29, 2014 – March 3, 2016 2 Jump Next! Robot × LaserBeam ROBOT×LASERBEAM March 18, 2017 – June 25, 2018 7 Weekly Shōnen Jump Kill Blue キルアオ Kiru Ao April 17, 2023 – September 1, 2025 13