is a Japanese

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, known for their work ''

Jujutsu Kaisen is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gege Akutami. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since March 2018, with its chapters collected and published in 21 ''tankōbon'' vo ...

''. Gege Akutami is a pen name and the author's real name and gender are unknown.

Biography

Gege Akutami was born in

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on February 26, 1992. Akutami moved to

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in the fifth grade. Akutami began drawing manga by mimicking a friend, which inspired them to become a professional manga artist. Akutami has named

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as an influence in their work after reading '' Bleach'' in the fourth grade, in addition to ''

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'' and ''

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'' among other works. In 2014, Gege Akutami started working as assistant to Yasuhiro Kanō in ''Kiss x Death''. They published their first work the same year, titled , a one-shot chapter published in

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's ''Jump NEXT!'' vol. 2 on May 7, 2014. Their next work was ''No.9'', with a one-shot chapter published in ''Jump NEXT!'' vol. 2 on May 1, 2015, and another one-shot in the 46th issue of ''

Weekly Shōnen Jump is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the '' Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. The chapters of the series that r ...

'' on October 10, 2015. Akutami would publish the one-shot in the 2016 44th issue of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', released on October 3, 2016. This one-shot was nominated for the 11th "Gold Future Cup" contest of the magazine. In 2017, Akutami published , a 4-chapter series that ran in ''Jump GIGA'' from April 28 to July 28, 2017. This series would serve later as a prologue to their next work, ''

'', being retroactively titled as ''Jujutsu Kaisen 0''. Akutami began the publication of ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' in the 2018 14th issue of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', released on March 5, 2018.

Works

* (2014) — One-shot published in

's '' Shōnen Jump Next!''. * ''No.9'' (2015) — One-shot published in Shueisha's ''Shōnen Jump Next!''. * ''No.9'' (2015) — One-shot published in Shueisha's ''

''. * (2016) — One-shot published in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. * (2017) — Serialized in Shueisha's ''Jump GIGA''. * (2018–present) — Serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''.

Awards

In 2016, Akutami's one-shot ''Nikai Bongai Barabarujura'' was nominated for ''

''s 11th Gold Future Cup contest. In 2019, their manga ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' was nominated for the 65th

Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier J ...

in the '' shōnen'' category. Akutami is the 2020 grand prize winner for ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' on ''Mando Kobayashi,'' Kendo Kobayashi's monthly manga variety show where winners are selected on their personal taste. In 2021, Akutami's ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' was listed as a nominee for the 25th Annual

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Curren ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Akutami, Gege Manga artists from Iwate Prefecture Living people 1992 births Pseudonymous writers