Naoya Matsumoto (manga artist)

Naoya Matsumoto
松本直也
Born20th century
Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
AreaManga artist
Notable works
Kaiju No. 8
Awards

Naoya Matsumoto (Japanese: 松本直也, Hepburn: Matsumoto Naoya) (born 20th century) is a Japanese manga artist, known for his work Kaiju No. 8.

Biography

In 2005 , he was a finalist for the 22nd Jump Twelve Newcomer Manga Award with Spiritual People. In the same year, he won the 27th Jump Twelve Newcomer Manga Award with Nekoromansā (ネコロマンサー; "Necromancer"). In 2006, the same work was published in Akamaru Jump, marking his debut.

Neko wappa! (ねこわっぱ!; "Neko Wappa!") was published in Shonen Jump issue 27 of 2009 as an entry in the JG1 One-Shot Festival, and was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from issue 50 of 2009 to issue 11 of 2010.[1]

In 2013, Pochikuro (ポチクロ; "Pochikuro") was published in the 2013 Autumn issue of Shonen Jump NEXT!.[2] It was serialized in Shonen Jump+ from 2014 to 2015.[3]

In 2020, he began serializing Kaiju No. 8 in Shōnen Jump+.[4]

Works

Serialized manga

  • Neko Wappa! (ねこわっぱ!, Neko wappa!) – serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump (2009–2010)
  • Pochikuro (ポチクロ, Pochikuro) – serialized in Shonen Jump+ (September 22, 2014 – July 31, 2015)
  • Kaiju No. 8 (怪獣8号, Kaijū 8-gō) – serialized in Shonen Jump+ (July 3, 2020 – July 18, 2025) and published by Shueisha in fourteen volumes

One-shots

  • Spiritual People (2005)
  • Nekoromansā (ネコロマンサー; "Necromancer") – published in Akamaru Winter (2006)
  • Room Stranger – Akamaru (Summer) (2006)
  • Majo ni natta shōnen (魔女になった少年; "The Boy Who Became a Witch") – Akamaru Spring (2007)
  • Neko Wappa! (ねこわっぱ!, "Neko wappa!") – Weekly Shōnen Jump (2009)
  • Shikai enbu (四海演武; "Four Seas Demonstration") – NEXT! Spring (2012)[5]
  • Pochikuro (ポチクロ, Pochikuro) – NEXT! Autumn (2013)[2]

References

allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoya_Matsumoto_(manga_artist)