Riichi Ueshiba

Riichi Ueshiba (植芝 理一) is a Japanese manga artist. He has written and drawn Yume Tsukai (Dream User) and Nazo no Kanojo X (Mysterious Girlfriend X), both of which were adapted into anime series. Another of his works, Discommunication, had its main characters animated in the 14th OVA episode of Mysterious Girlfriend X as a cameo appearance.

Mysterious Girlfriend X is licensed in North America by Vertical. Discommunication has been licensed by J-Novel Club and is being released in English digitally.

Works

 * Discommunication (ディスコミュニケーション) (1991–1999, serialized in Afternoon, Kodansha)
 * Discommunication: Gakuenhen (ディスコミュニケーション 学園編) (1998, serialized in Afternoon, Kodansha)
 * Discommunication: Seireihen (ディスコミュニケーション 精霊編) (1999–2000, serialized in Afternoon, Kodansha)
 * Dream User (夢使い) (2001–2004, serialized in Afternoon, Kodansha)
 * Mysterious Girlfriend X (謎の彼女X) (2004–2014, serialized in Afternoon, Kodansha)
 * Ookumo-chan Flashback (大蜘蛛ちゃんフラッシュ・バック) (2017–2020, serialized in Afternoon, Kodansha)