Nobuhiro Nishiwaki (Japanese: 西脇 伸宏, Hepburn: Nishiwaki Nobuhiro, born May 26, 1970), better known by his pen name Nobuhiro Watsuki (和月 伸宏, Watsuki Nobuhiro), is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his samurai-themed series Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story (1994–1999), which has over 70 million copies in circulation and a sequel he is currently creating, Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arc (2017–present).
Watsuki has written three more manga series, Gun Blaze West (2001), Buso Renkin (2003–2005), and Embalming: The Another Tale of Frankenstein (2007–2015). He has mentored several well-known manga artists, including One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda, Shaman King creator Hiroyuki Takei, and Mr. Fullswing creator Shinya Suzuki [ja].[1] Watsuki was convicted of possessing child pornography in 2018.
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Nobuhiro Nishiwaki (Japanese: 西脇 伸宏, Hepburn: Nishiwaki Nobuhiro, born May 26, 1970), better known by his pen name NobuhiroWatsuki (和月 伸宏, Watsuki Nobuhiro)...
character and the protagonist of the manga Rurouni Kenshin created by NobuhiroWatsuki. Kenshin's story is set in a fictional version of Japan during the...
Roman Tan-) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by NobuhiroWatsuki. The story begins during the 11th year of the Meiji era in Japan (1878)...
by NobuhiroWatsuki. It follows Kazuki Muto, who becomes an alchemical warrior in the battle against alchemical monsters known as homunculi. Watsuki envisioned...
fictional character from the Rurouni Kenshin manga series created by NobuhiroWatsuki and the main antagonist from the Kyoto Arc, the second arc of the series...
anime series created by NobuhiroWatsuki. In the English anime adaptations he is known as Sanosuke Sagara and nicknamed Sano. Watsuki, being a fan of the...
is a fictional character in the Rurouni Kenshin manga created by NobuhiroWatsuki. In the story Kaoru is the instructor of a kendo school in Tokyo, Kamiya...
working as an assistant to NobuhiroWatsuki on Rurouni Kenshin, before winning the Hop Step Award for new manga artists. Watsuki credits Oda for helping...
a fictional character from the Rurouni Kenshin universe created by NobuhiroWatsuki and the main antagonist of the Jinchū Arc, the final arc of the series...
Ohba. Obata has mentored several well-known manga artists, including NobuhiroWatsuki of Rurouni Kenshin fame, Black Cat creator Kentaro Yabuki, and Eyeshield...
Rurouni Kenshin features a large cast of fictional characters created by NobuhiroWatsuki. Set in Japan during the Meiji period, several of the characters are...
a character from the fictional Rurouni Kenshin universe created by NobuhiroWatsuki. Misao is a 16-year-old girl and the youngest member of the ninja group...
fictional character in the Rurouni Kenshin manga series created by NobuhiroWatsuki. He is the genius young Okashira (御頭, literally "the head", as in "leader"...
Mandalorian's Third Anniversary". Slashfilm. Retrieved 2022-11-12. Nobuhiro, Watsuki (2005). The Art of My Neighbor Totoro. Studio Ghibli Library. Viz...
1965), Japanese footballer and manager Nobuhiro Watsuki (和月 伸宏, born 1970), Japanese manga artist Nobuhiro Yamashita (山下 敦弘, born 1976), Japanese film director...
subsequently started reading other Weekly Shōnen Jump manga series, naming NobuhiroWatsuki's samurai manga Rurouni Kenshin as her favourite in middle school. Nagata...
another director, Keishi Ōtomo has directed a live action adaption of NobuhiroWatsuki's manga series Rurouni Kenshin, which tells the story of a former Ishin...
able to resume drawing by doing so while lying down. Manga artists NobuhiroWatsuki and Pink Hanamori have cited Togashi and YuYu Hakusho as an influence...
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