Let's take a look at Yusuke Murata's profile and the facts about the creator of the One Punch Man manga!The work of a Mangaka or comic creator themself can be said to be timeless, for example like Doraemon or Naruto which can be read at any time. One mangaka who is quite famous in Japan is Yusuke Murata, the mangaka who created One Punch Man manga whose character is identical with a bald head and enormous strength.

The Dunia Games team will discuss Yusuke Murata's profile and his facts which are quite interesting to explore. Let's see in more detail.

Yusuke Murata’s Profile

• Full Name: Yusuke Murata
• Place and Date of Birth: Miyagi Prefecture, July 4th 1978
• Nationality: Japanese
• Brother: Kensuke Murata
• Status: Married
• Profession: Mangaka
• Hobbies: Drawing
• Gender: Male
• Zodiac: Cancer

Facts about Yusuke Murata

1. Once Assistant and Apprentice of Takeshi Obata

Yusuke Murata is the creator of Eyeshield 21 manga and One Punch Man manga. But before becoming famous from his famous manga now, he was also known first through the work Hikaru no Go created by Takeshi Obata. The fact is that Yusuke Murata was once an assistant and student of Takeshi Obata, someone who wrote the story Hikaru no Go and also the famous Death Note manga. 

2. Has a Talent for Drawing from a Young Age

Yusuke Murata is no longer in doubt about drawing manga, that's because he is already skilled and experienced in drawing, plus it's his hobby. In fact, his talent for drawing began to show when Yusuke was only 12 years old, from which talent he won a contest to design the character of the villain Megaman.

3. Hoping One Punch Man Becomes Favorite Like Dragon Ball

Yusuke Murata is one of those who asks why the One Punch Man manga is only released once a month, even though many fans really hope for the continuation of the series every chapter. It turned out that Yusuke had intentions, where he really hoped that the One Punch Man would become a favorite manga like Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball.

4. Not Only Success with One Punch Man and Eyeshield 21

Yusuke Murata's name has skyrocketed thanks to his work on One Punch Man and Eyeshield 21. But apart from these 2 manga, there are also other successful works by Yusuke, such as the short story Madofuki Park for the March 2008 issue of Jump Square. He then created Blust!, and once made illustrations for Shonen Jump 40th Anniversary posters, featuring popular manga characters featured in the magazine, with four posters for Jump's anniversary.

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5. Used His Children as His Character Illustrations

It is known that Yusuke Murata is married, so he has a son who was born in 2007. Not only a son, he also has a daughter who was born in 2010. Interestingly, Yusuke uses his children as illustrations for the characters he makes. For the character of his daughter he illustrated to be Zenko and his son he illustrated to make Bateman in the anime One Punch Man season 2. Zenko herself really reminds Yusuke of his daughter, because Zenko plays the piano like his daughter.

6. One of Spider-Man’s Illustrator

It turns out that Yusuke Murata has side jobs besides being an illustrator for the manga One Punch Man. Yusuke is known to have another job as an illustrator for Marvel comics, especially Spider-Man, which is published in Japan. Yusuke's work on Spider-Man illustrations has appeared in Marvel comics several times. So it's actually not strange that Yusuke Murata is actually considered one of the illustrators of Spider-Man.

7. Still Missing His Old Work, Eyeshield 21

Yusuke Murata has been doing it for fun in his free time, where on his Twitter account, he has uploaded several sketches related to his previous work, Eyeshield 21. So that is interesting and one can conclude that he misses his work, as if he seems to want to remember his works in Eyeshield 21, starting from comic sketches, covers, posters, competitions, and others.

8. Has a Number of One-Shots Published in Weekly Shonen Jump

There have been many awards that have been owned by Yusuke Murata, where he also has a number of one-shots published in Weekly Shonen Jump, a partner who won the 122nd Hop*Step award, Samui Hanashi who won the 2nd Prize in the 51st Akatsuka Awards. Then there is Kaitou COLT, to Eyeshield 21 which is then serialized starting from Weekly Shonen Jump No. 34 2002.

9. His Father Passed Away on May 10th 2019

It turns out that Yusuke Murata still has a biological father, but unfortunately fate said otherwise on May 10th 2019. On that day, Yusuke Murata's biological father passed away, where information on Yusuke Murata's father had been announced by Yusuke Murata himself and also his brother Kensuke Murata . It was a heavy blow for him, but Yusuke managed to get back up to work.

10. Talented Children

The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, maybe that's the right term for Yusuke Murata and his children. Once on Twitter, Yusuke shared his son's drawings when he was 10 years old, where his son's drawings were very good and could almost match his father's. Maybe a few years until he grows up, his son can match or even be better than his father in matters of drawing comics.

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