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Takeru Hokazono

Japanese manga artist who debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2023 with the action series Kagurabachi

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Takeru Hokazono born September 6, 2000 is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for Kagurabachi, which is serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since September 2023, and licensed by Viz Media in North America.
Takeru Hokazono was born in the Osaka Prefecture, Japan on September 6, 2000. He grew up reading Weekly Shōnen Jump and had a desire to have a work serialized in the magazine. The author is a fan of Naruto, and the series inspired him to become a manga artist. Hokazono started making manga during the COVID-19 pandemic while he was in college. His first manga was the one-shot Enten published in Jump Giga Spring 2021 issue and won the 100th Tezuka Award. His other one-shot Farewell! Cherry Boy! was also published in the same issue.

Notable works Kagurabachi