Hiroyuki Asada

Hiroyuki Asada (浅田 弘幸) 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".

Manga

 * Hades (oneshot)
 * Bad da ne Yoshiokun!
 * Mint: Sleeping Rabbit
 * Renka
 * Indian Summer (oneshot)
 * I'll
 * Tegami Bachi
 * Pez (oneshot)

Other works

 * Cheer Boys!! (anime, original character designs, 2016)
 * Akanesasu Shōjo (multimedia franchise, character designs and concept art, 2018)
 * Dororo (2019) (anime, original character designs, 2019)