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and date of birth are unknown. He is best known for his manga series ''
The Promised Neverland is a Japanese manga series written by Kaiu Shirai and illustrated by Posuka Demizu. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from August 2016 to June 2020, with its chapters collected in 20 volumes. I ...
''.


Early life

Kaiu Shirai was doing
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at a young age and then after graduating from university, Shirai gained employment at a normal company, but later resigned. Aiming to become a professional manga artist, he began to submit manuscripts to editors and magazines.


Career history

On 21 June 2015, Kaiu Shirai published his first professional work, a standalone piece called, ''The Location of Ashley-Gate'', in ''
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'', a digital imprint of
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, with art by Kyousuke Maruyama. Again, in the same magazine, he published his second work, another standalone piece called, ''Poppy's Wish'', in collaboration with artist
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on 18 February 2016. After that, Shirai created a serialized work based on drafts written while he was still an amateur. This work, ''
The Promised Neverland is a Japanese manga series written by Kaiu Shirai and illustrated by Posuka Demizu. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from August 2016 to June 2020, with its chapters collected in 20 volumes. I ...
'', (with art by Posuka Demizu) started its run in the 35th issue of ''
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'' on 1 August 2016 and finished in the 28th issue of the magazine on 15 June 2020. Along with manga artist Posuka Demizu, Shirai published two one-shots in 2020 and 2021. The first one, ''Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono'' was published in the combined issue No. 36 – No. 37, 2020 of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''; the second one is titled ''DC3'', published in the same magazine in issue No. 35 of 2021. On 3 September 2021, '' Kaiu Shirai x Posuka Demizu: Beyond The Promised Neverland'' was published, which included works and one-shots in combination with Posuka Demizu. A collaborative exhibition titled ''Miroirs manga meets Chanel'' by Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu and
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was held at Chanel Nexus Hall Ginza,
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, from 28 April to 4 June 2021. The manga ''Miroirs'', written and illustrated by the duo, was inspired by the Chanel brand. In this exhibition, scenes from ''Miroirs'' are exhibited alongside precious works from Chanel. The manga was published by Shueisha on 30 April 2021. In 2022, Shirai participated as a judge at ''Shōnen Jump+s 7th Stokin Pro Garyokin 2022, to discover new talented manga artists. On 6 January 2024, Kaiu Shirai along with illustrator Shiki Hamada launched a standalone one-shot, titled ''Kubigeshō'', in the combined Issue #6–#7 2024 of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. Within the same year, on 9 December, Kaiu Shirai along with illustrator
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launched a standalone one-shot, titled ''Apple'', in Issue #2 2025 of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''.


Influences

Kaiu Shirai commented that he was influenced by manga artists
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,
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and
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; as well as directors
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, Kentaro Kobayashi and
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. He has also mentioned the Kabuki actor Kanzaburo Nakamura XVIII as a source of influence for his works.


Works


Manga

* (art by
Posuka Demizu is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator and designer. She is particularly known for having drawn ''The Promised Neverland'' manga series. She debuted as a manga artist with the 2013 ''CoroCoro Comic'' series ''Oreca Monsters Adventure Retsuden' ...
, serialized in ''
Weekly Shōnen Jump is a weekly Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the ''Jump (magazine line), Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many Action (fiction), action scenes and a fair ...
'', 2016–2020). * ''Miroirs'' (art by Posuka Demizu, 2021).


One-shots

* ''The Location of Ashley-Gate'' (art by Kyousuke Maruyama, ''
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'', 2015). * '' Kaiu Shirai x Posuka Demizu: Beyond The Promised Neverland'' (白井カイウ×出水ぽすか短編集, Shirai kaiu × Demizu posuka Tanhenshū) (2021) — Collected volume of Shirai's one-shots published by
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. ** ''Poppy's Wish'' (art by Posuka Demizu, ''Shōnen Jump+'', 2016). ** ''Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono'' (art by Posuka Demizu, ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', Issue No. 36, 2020–Issue No. 37, 2020). ** ''Dreams Come True'' (art by Posuka Demizu). ** ''We Were Born'' (art by Posuka Demizu, ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', Issue #5–#6, 2021). ** ''DC3'' (art by Posuka Demizu, ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', Issue No. 35, 2021). * ''Kubigeshō'' (art by Shiki Hamada, ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', Issue #6–#7, 2024). * ''APPLE'' (art by Yōichi Amano, ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', Issue #2, 2025).


Awards and nominations


See also

* '' Kaiu Shirai x Posuka Demizu: Beyond The Promised Neverland''


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shirai, Kaiu Living people Manga writers Year of birth missing (living people)