is a Japanese

manga artist A manga artist, also known as a mangaka (), is a Cartoonist, comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist before entering the indus ...

, known for creating the

manga 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 history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

series ''

The Prince of Tennis is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 1999 to March 2008, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Viz Media licensed t ...

''. On February 25, 2023, it was reported Konomi is unable to walk and has to use a wheelchair. As of June 2023, Konomi seems to have recovered as he states he was able to attend Tenipuri Festa from the audience and posts a photo of him standing without assistance.

Financial standing

Every year the

National Tax Agency The is the official tax collecting agency of Japan. As of October 2018, the Commissioner of NTA is Takeshi Fujii. Mission Mission: To enable taxpayers to properly and smoothly fulfill their tax responsibility. To achieve the mission stated abo ...

releases a list of the highest income tax payers for entertainers in Japan. The higher someone's income tax, the higher their actual presumed earnings; however it is possible for a person to have paid more taxes than another person who made more money. Takeshi Konomi placed number nine on this list in 2002. On January 15, 2014, Takeshi announced that he would return to

Shueisha is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The ...

's ''

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 ...

'' magazine.

Works

*''

'', a manga about tennis and at one time the most popular sports manga in Japan (July 1999 – March 2008) *'' The Prince of After School'', a

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of ''The Prince of Tennis'' (November 2008 – present) *''

The Prince of Tennis II ''The Prince of Tennis II'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. It is a sequel to Konomi's manga series ''The Prince of Tennis''. It has been serialized in Shueisha's manga magaz ...

'', a continuation of ''The Prince of Tennis'' (March 2009 – present) *''Cool -Rental Body Guard-'' *''Moon Walker'', a one-shot manga

References

External links

The Princess of Tennis
- book written by an American that worked as Konomi's assistant. {{DEFAULTSORT:Konomi, Takeshi Living people 1970 births Manga artists from Osaka Prefecture People from Toyonaka, Osaka