Sakae Esuno

Sakae Esuno (えすのサカエ, Esuno Sakae; born November 17, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his manga series Future Diary^[1] and Big Order.^[2] Esuno started drawing at age 15, at the time he was an admirer of the works of Rumiko Takahashi^[3] in particular her horror manga Mermaid Saga.^[4] After working as a manga assistant for many years he managed to become a professional manga artist when his story Tetsudō Tenshi (鉄道天使, Railroad Angel) won a prize in a contest held by Kadokawa Shoten in 2001.^[4] In the 2017 May issue of Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine, he launched a new manga titled Tantei Akechi wa Kyōran su (The Detective Akechi is Berserk), a tribute to the works of Edogawa Ranpo.^[5] The manga ended in the issue published in December 2018.^[6] In May 2019, he started the serialization of the manga adaptation of Bokuto Uno's light novel series Reign of the Seven Spellblades in Monthly Shōnen Ace.^[7]

Sakae Esuno えすのサカエ
Born	(1973-11-17) November 17, 1973 (age 51) Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Area(s)	Manga artist
Notable works	Future Diary
No official site has been given

Works

• Hanako and the Terror of Allegory (花子と寓話のテラー, Hanako to Gūwa no Terā) (June 2004–November 2005, Monthly Shōnen Ace)
• Future Diary (未来日記, Mirai Nikki) (January 2006–December 2010, Monthly Shōnen Ace)
  • Mirai Nikki Mosaic (未来日記モザイク, Mirai Nikki Mozaiku) (2008)
  • Mirai Nikki Paradox (未来日記パラドックス, Mirai Nikki Paradokksu) (2008)
  • Future Diary: Redial (未来日記リダイヤル, Mirai Nikki Ridaiyaru) (2013)
• Big Order (ビッグオーダー, Biggu Ōdā) (November 2011–September 2016, Monthly Shōnen Ace)
• Tantei Akechi wa Kyōran su (探偵明智は狂乱す) (May 2017–December 2018, Monthly Shōnen Ace)
• Reign of the Seven Spellblades (七つの魔剣が支配する) (May 2019–November 2023, Monthly Shōnen Ace, manga adaptation of the light novel series of the same name by Bokuto Uno)