User:Nihonjoe/Hiro (artist)

Hiro (博) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator.

Biography
Hiro was born in 1987. Beginning in his senior year in high school, he was inspired by the works of companies such as Kyoto Animation and Key and animators and illustrators such as Yukiko Horiguchi and Hidetsugu Hirayama. After seeing the opening animation for Kamichu!, he decided he wanted to be an animator.

Manga

 * Magi-Cu 4-koma Clannad (25 February 2008, MC Comics, Enterbrain)
 * Aquarium (Manga Time KR Comics)
 * Volume 1 (September 2010, ISBN 978-4-8322-7947-6)
 * Volume 2 (September 2011, ISBN 978-4-8322-4068-1)
 * December Melancholic (12月のメランコリック) (guest artist, January 2011 issue of Manga Club Original, Takashobo)
 * K-On! Anthology Comic #4 (single story, June 2011, Houbunsha, ISBN 978-4-8322-4032-2)
 * Yumekuri (ゆめくり) (MF Comics)
 * Volume 1 (October 2012, ISBN 978-4-8401-4740-8)
 * Volume 2 (October 2013, ISBN 978-4-8401-5336-2)
 * Volume 3 (December 2014, ISBN 978-4-04-067221-2)
 * Volume 4 (December 2015, ISBN 978-4-04-067857-3)
 * Volume 5 (January 2017, ISBN 978-4-04-069043-8)
 * Akebi's Sailor Uniform (2016-current, Tonari no Young Jump, Shueisha)

Illustration
Hiro illustrated the covers and interiors of the following novels:
 * Copy Face & Counter Girl by Are Kameidō (3 volumes, 2008-2009, Gagaga Bunko, Shogakukan)
 * Super Cub by Tone Kōken (9 volumes, 2017-2022, Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko, Kadokawa Shoten)

Art books

 * Hiro Illustrations: Footprints to Akebi (博イラスト集 ~明日ちゃんまでの足跡~) (