Creator

Takehiko Inoue

Biography

Takehiko Inoue is a Japanese manga artist born in Kagoshima in 1967. He made his debut in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1988 and rose to prominence with Slam Dunk, a basketball manga serialized from 1990 to 1996 that sold over 157 million copies worldwide. He followed it with Vagabond, a historical manga about Miyamoto Musashi, and Real, which focuses on wheelchair basketball. In 2022, Inoue wrote and directed The First Slam Dunk, an anime film adaptation that became Japan's top-grossing domestic film of 2023.

Creator Details

Name

Takehiko Inoue

Issues

2,224

Series

Awards

Troféu HQ Mix - Desenhista estrangeiro (Best Foreign Penciller) (2003), 手塚治虫文化賞 [Tezuka Osamu Bunkashō] [Osamu Tezuka Awards] - Grand Prize (2002), 手塚治虫文化賞 [Tezuka Osamu Bunkashō] [Osamu Tezuka Awards] - Osamu Tezuka Award (1988)

Also Known As

井上雄彦, 成合雄彦

Gender

Male

Birth Date

January 12, 1967

Birth Place

Okuchi City

Country

Japan

Links

www.itplanning.co.jp/

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Series

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Weekly Young Jump (1979)

Shueisha

2242 issues

Real (2002)

Shueisha

17 issues

Real (2008)

VIZ Media

15 issues

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Jump (2017)

Shueisha

5 issues

Weekly Shonen Jump (1968)

Shueisha

2841 issues

Vagabond (2002)

Egmont Ehapa Verlag

32 issues

Vagabond (2002)

VIZ Media

37 issues

Vagabond (2008)

VIZ Media

12 issues

Morning (1991)

Kodansha

1561 issues

Vagabond (2002)

Tonkam

37 issues

Issues

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#2253

No. 20, 2026

Weekly Young Jump (1979)

Apr 16, 2026

#2226

No. 43, 2025

Weekly Young Jump (1979)

Sep 25, 2025

Issue #3

Vagabond Definitive Edition (2025)

Jul 15, 2025

#2210

No. 26, 2025

Weekly Young Jump (1979)

May 29, 2025

Issue #2

Vagabond Definitive Edition (2025)

Apr 15, 2025

#2198

No. 13, 2025

Weekly Young Jump (1979)

Feb 27, 2025

Issue #1

Vagabond Definitive Edition (2025)

Jan 21, 2025

#2187

No. 52, 2024

Weekly Young Jump (1979)

Nov 28, 2024

#16

Vol. 16

Real (2002)

Aug 19, 2024

#2172

No. 36-37, 2024

Weekly Young Jump (1979)

Aug 08, 2024

#20

El Final Perfecto

Slam Dunk (2023)

#2162

No. 26, 2024

Weekly Young Jump (1979)

May 30, 2024

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