Yūji Iwahara | |
|---|---|
| Born | Memanbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Notable works | |
Yūji Iwahara (岩原 裕二,Iwahara Yūji, born inMemanbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan) is a Japanesemanga artist. After graduating from art school, he joinedHudson Soft as a graphic artist for video games such asMega Bomberman andKishin Dōji Zenki FX: Vajra Fight. He made his manga debut in 1994 inAfternoon with a story for which he won the fall Afternoon Four Seasons Award, a prize he received three more times over the next two years. He is best known in the West for his work onKing of Thorn andChikyu Misaki, both of which have been licensed in English. He was scheduled to drawQuest, a title in theMarvel Comics imprintTsunami, with writerAndi Watson but the series was cancelled before any issues were completed.[1]
His other works include the manga adaptation of the videogameKoudelka. Another one of his series,Cat Paradise, which has been serialized inChampion RED since April 2006, is licensed in English. In 2007, he contributed the original character designs to theanime television series,Darker than Black. He is also the artist ofDarker than Black: Shikkoku no Hana, aDarker than Black spin-off manga started in 2009. A near-future science fiction manga titledDimension W has been released in theYoung Gangan magazine since September 2011.[2] Dimension W finished in 2019 with the release of its 16th volume. Iwahara's illustration process was featured in the March 2001 issue ofNewtype.[3]
