is a Japanese

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 ...

storywriter,

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

and

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. Under the name Yuma Ando, he received the 2003

Kodansha Manga Award is one of Japan's major manga awards. The event is sponsored by publisher Kodansha. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga in its third iteration since 1977. Categories The award was originally called the until 1968. In 1970, it was ...

for '' shōnen'' for writing ''Kunimitsu no Matsuri''. The pen name "Tadashi Agi" (亜樹直) is shared with his sister . He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi Senior High School and

Waseda University Waseda University (Japanese: ), abbreviated as or , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Professional School by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the fifth Prime Minister of Japan, prime ministe ...

School of Economics & Political Science.

Pen names

Besides the main pen-name of "Tadashi Agi", Shin Kibayashi also goes by other pen names: *Seimaru Amagi (天樹征丸 ''Amagi Seimaru'') *Yuma Ando (安童夕馬 ''Andō Yūma'') *Yuya Aoki (青樹佑夜 ''Aoki Yūya'') *Jōji Arimori (有森丈時 ''Arimori Jōji'') *Hiroaki Igano (伊賀大晃 ''Igano Hiroaki'') *Ryō Ryūmon (龍門諒 ''Ryūmon Ryō'') *S.K

Works

As Seimaru Amagi

* (1992–present,

Kodansha is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Eveni ...

), original idea; English translation: ''

Kindaichi Case Files is a Japanese mystery 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. ...

'' (2004–2008,

Tokyopop Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa and Western manga-style works. The German publishing division produces German translations of licens ...

) * (2001–2005, Kodansha) * (2002–2004, Kodansha); English translation: '' Remote'' (2004–2006, Tokyopop) * (2014–2017,

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) * (2016–ongoing,

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...

) * (2021–ongoing, Kodansha)

As Tadashi Agi

* (1994–1995, Kodansha) * (1995–2003, Kodansha) * (2004, Kodansha) * (2004–2014, Kodansha); English translation: ''

The Drops of God is a Japanese manga series about wine. It is written by Tadashi Agi, a pseudonym employed by creative team of sister and brother Yuko and Shin Kibayashi, and illustrated by Shu Okimoto. The story is told in two parts – the first part foc ...

'' (2011–2012, Vertical) * (2014–2015, Kodansha) * (2015–2020, Kodansha)

As Yuma Ando

* (1996–2000, Kodansha) * (2001–2005, Kodansha) * (Shogakukan) (2003–2005, Kodansha) * (2006–2009, Kodansha) * (2011–hiatus, Kodansha) * (2011–2013, Kodansha); English translation: ''

Sherlock Bones , also known as ''Sherlock the Detective Dog'' or ''Tanteiken Sherdock'' in Japan, is the story of a young teenage boy who adopts a dog from the pound. Once the young boy discovers that his dog can talk with his grandfather's old pipe, they ...

'' (2013–2014,

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) * (2014–ongoing, Kodansha) * (2014–2016, DeNA)

As Yuya Aoki

* (1999–2007 Kodansha); English translation: ''

GetBackers is a Japanese manga series written by Yuya Aoki and illustrated by Rando Ayamine. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from March 1999 to February 2007, with its chapters collected in 39 volumes. Th ...

'' (2004–2008, Tokyopop) * (2003 Kodansha); English translation: ''

Psycho Busters is a light novel series written by Yuya Aoki and drawn by Rando Ayamine. It was published by Kodansha in Japan and is licensed by Del Rey in the United States. Plot The story follows the life of Kakeru, while wishing for something a littl ...

'' (2008–2009,

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) * (2010–ongoing, Kodansha)

As Jōji Arimori

* (2000–2001, Kodansha) * (2001–2002, Kodansha)

As Hiroaki Igano

* (2006–2017, Kodansha) Anime Adaptation 2012 * (2021–ongoing, Kodansha)

As Ryō Ryūmon

* (2007–2009, Kodansha)

As Shin Kibayashi

* (2009, Kodansha) * (2017–ongoing, Kodansha)

Other media

The main characters of ''Magazine Mystery Reportage'' were based on then editors of

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, including Kibayashi who acts as the leader of the team investigating various conspiracies. On January 14, 2015, it was announced through

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that Kibayashi was writing the story for the fourteenth ''

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'' game, entitled ''

Fire Emblem Fates ''Fire Emblem Fates'' is a tactical role-playing video game for the Nintendo 3DS handheld video game console, developed by Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD and published by Nintendo. It was released in June 2015 in Japan, then released int ...

.'' On August 31, 2021,

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announced that they are working with Shin Kibayashi on an original anime series titled ''Lady Napoleon''.

References

External links

"Kami no Shizuku" author's wine diary

Seimaru Amagi Diary
* 1962 births Japanese mystery writers Living people Manga artists from Tokyo Manga writers Waseda University alumni Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōnen) Writers from Tokyo {{manga-artist-stub