Hiroyuki Asada

Hiroyuki Asada (浅田 弘幸, Asada Hiroyuki; born February 15, 1968 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist who is best known for his gaslamp fantasy series Tegami Bachi ("Letter Bee"). The first manga series he created was called I'll, and was a basketball series. All of Asada's manga were serialized in the monthly shōnen anthology Monthly Shōnen Jump (which has since been discontinued; Tegami Bachi now appears in its replacement Jump Square). He made his debut in 1986. He acquired a fanbase with Mint: Sleeping Rabbit, Renka by degrees, and his popularity improved with I'll. In his personal life, he is part of a unit with Shou Tajima (best known for Psych) and Takeshi Obata (best known for Hikaru no Go and Death Note), and his creation activity with "AQUARIOS 3".

Hiroyuki Asada
Born	(1968-02-15) February 15, 1968 (age 57) Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Manga artist
Known for	Tegami Bachi

Works

Manga

• Hades (oneshot)
• Bad da ne Yoshiokun!
• Mint: Sleeping Rabbit
• Renka
• Indian Summer (oneshot)
• I'll
• Tegami Bachi^[1]
• Pez (oneshot)

Other works

• Cheer Boys!! (anime, original character designs, 2016)^[2]
• Akanesasu Shōjo (multimedia franchise, character designs and concept art, 2018)^[3]
• Dororo (2019) (anime, original character designs, 2019)^[4]