Nobuhiro Nishiwaki, better known by his pen name Nobuhiro Watsuki, is a Japanese manga artist.
15 Facts About Nobuhiro Watsuki
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Nobuhiro Watsuki is best known for his samurai-themed series Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story, which has over 70 million copies in circulation, and a sequel he is currently creating, Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arc.
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Nobuhiro Watsuki has mentored several well-known manga artists, including One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda, Shaman King creator Hiroyuki Takei, and Mr Fullswing creator Shinya Suzuki.
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Nobuhiro Watsuki was born on May 26,1970, in Tokyo and was brought up in Nagaoka, Niigata.
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Nobuhiro Watsuki still drew manga but enjoyed sports, although he never won a kendo match.
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In high school, Watsuki received an honorable mention in the 33rd Tezuka Awards for his 1987 one-shot Teacher Pon, which he wrote under the pen name "Nobuhiro Nishiwaki".
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Nobuhiro Watsuki worked on Obata's Mashin Boken Tan Lamp-Lamp and Chikara Bito Densetsu, the former's title character would later serve as a model for Sagara Sanosuke.
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Nobuhiro Watsuki then created three historically set samurai-themed one-shots; Crescent Moon in the Warring States, and two sharing the title Rurouni: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story.
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Nobuhiro Watsuki felt disgusted with the work and originally did not plan on revealing it, but ultimately decided to include Meteor Strike in the final Rurouni Kenshin volume to increase its page count.
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In 2001, Nobuhiro Watsuki created his second serialized work, the western Gun Blaze West.
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Nobuhiro Watsuki described himself as "pro-dojinshi" and asked fans to send fan comics.
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Between 2012 and 2013, Nobuhiro Watsuki put Embalming on hold to write Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration in Jump SQ.
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The serialization of Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arc was put on hiatus after the details of Nobuhiro Watsuki's charges were made public.
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Nobuhiro Watsuki started drawing from the influence of his older brother.
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Nobuhiro Watsuki named Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack as his favorite manga and Takeshi Obata as his favorite artist.