Kenta Shinohara is best known for his manga series Sket Dance, which was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2007 to 2013 and won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 2010.
10 Facts About Kenta Shinohara
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Kenta Shinohara was born on 9 January 1974, in Chiba Prefecture.
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Kenta Shinohara has cited Fujiko F Fujio, Akira Toriyama, and Takehiko Inoue as his favorite manga artists, and Slam Dunk and Honey and Clover as some of his favorite manga series.
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In both June and September 2003, Kenta Shinohara was a finalist for the monthly Jump 12 Outstanding Rookie Manga Award, though he did not win either awards.
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Kenta Shinohara wrote two one-shots for Sket Dance in the winter and summer of 2006, submitting them to Akamaru Jump and Weekly Shonen Jump respectively.
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Kenta Shinohara is the brother-in-law of fellow manga artist Kentaro Yabuki.
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Kenta Shinohara wrote the lyrics for Water Color, a track within The Sketchbook's 2012 album Sketchbook.
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Kenta Shinohara stated that this was the first time he had ever written song lyrics, and that he had based them on his feelings about the "coolness" of the music.
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Kenta Shinohara worked on the original character designs for the 2014 anime Battle Spirits: Burning Soul.
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Kenta Shinohara began the fantasy manga Witch Watch in Weekly Shonen Jump Issue No 10 in 2021.