Tatsuki Fujimoto

is a Japanese manga artist, known for his works Fire Punch and Chainsaw Man.

Early life Fujimoto was born on October 10, 1992, or 1993, (In 2017, Koharu Nagayama (Fujimoto himself under an alias, wrote on Twitter that the author would be "24, 25 or 26 years old", and also that the author turned 25 that year.) Shogakukan also stated that the author was born in 1992. and according to Oricon he was born in 1993. He graduated in Western painting from Tohoku University of Art and Design in Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture in 2014.

Career In 2011, Fujimoto drew his first submitted one-shot work, , which was nominated for the December Jump SQ. Monthly Award (it was later published on the Shōnen Jump+ online platform on July 17, 2017). Fujimoto's one-shot, , was an entry work for the 10th Supreme Comic Grand Prize season II in 2013. His next one-shot work was , for which he won a Jury Special Award at the 3rd Shueisha's Crown Newcomers' Awards in 2013. Fujimoto's next one-shot work was , for which he won his second Jury Special Award at the 5th Shueisha's Crown Newcomers' Awards in 2013 (later published on Shōnen Jump+ on June 13, 2016).

Fujimoto's next work was , for which he won an Honorable Mention Award at the November 2013 Shueisha's Crown Newcomers' Awards, and was his first published work, being launched in Jump SQ.19 vol. 13 on April 19, 2014. His next one-shot works were , published in Jump SQ.19 vol. 14 on June 19, 2014; , published in Jump SQ.19 vol. 17 on December 19, 2014; and , published in Jump Square on July 4, 2015.

Fujimoto published his first major and serialized work, , on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ online magazine, where it ran from April 18, 2016, to January 1, 2018. The series spawned eight volumes. Fujimoto also published on Shōnen Jump+ the one-shot on April 24, 2017, and the one-shot in the June 2018 issue of Jump Square on May 2, 2018.

Fujimoto's second major serialized work, , was published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 3, 2018, to December 14, 2020. A second part was serialized in Shōnen Jump+ from July 13, 2022, to March 25, 2026. Chainsaw Man topped Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2021 for male readers, and earned Fujimoto the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award for Best Shōnen Manga. In 2021, the manga won the Harvey Awards for Best Manga; it won the award for the second time in 2022; and for the third time in 2023.

Fujimoto illustrated the cover of the novels anthology , released on April 2, 2021. Fujimoto participated as a guest judge at Shonen Jump+s Million Tag online reality show in July 2021.

Fujimoto published the one-shot on Shōnen Jump+ on July 19, 2021. The chapter was collected by Shueisha in a single volume, released on September 3, 2021. Look Back topped the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2022 list of best manga for male readers.

A two-volume collection of Fujimoto's previous one-shots, , subtitled 17–21 and 22–26, were released on October 4 and November 4, 2021, respectively. He illustrated the novel , published on November 4, 2021.

Fujimoto published , a 200-page one-shot, on Shōnen Jump+ on April 11, 2022. The chapter was collected by Shueisha in a single volume, released on July 4, 2022.

Along with illustrator Oto Tōda, Fujimoto published the one-shot on Shōnen Jump+ on July 4, 2022. He was also influenced by manga authors Hiroaki Samura, Hideki Arai, and Tsutomu Nihei.

Works Serialized manga (2016–2018) — Serialized in Shōnen Jump+ and published by Shueisha in eight volumes (2018–2026) — Serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump (2018–2020) and Shōnen Jump+ (2022–2026); published by Shueisha in 24 volumes

One-shots (2013); unpublished (2013); unpublished (2021); two collected volumes of Fujimoto's earliest one-shots (2011) (2013) (2013); later published in Jump SQ.19 (2014); published in Jump SQ.19 (2014); published in Jump SQ.19 (2015); published in Jump Square (2017); published in Shōnen Jump+ (2018); published in Jump Square (2021); published in Shōnen Jump+ and collected in one volume (2022); published in Shōnen Jump+ and collected in one volume (2022); illustrated by Oto Tōda; published in Shōnen Jump+

Assistants Yuji Kaku

Tatsuya Endo Yukinobu Tatsu Tohru Kuramori