He is a mangaka from Aichi Prefecture, Kohei Horikoshi graduated from Nagoya University of Arts. He was an assistant to Yasuki Tanaka, creator and author of the manga series Hitomi no Catoblepas and Kagijin.
Horikoshi's favorite manga series are Naruto, One Piece, Akira, Tekkonkinkreet, and Boys on the Run. In a farewell related to the conclusion of his first work, Horikoshi referred to it as the best shōnen manga in history, as Naruto marked his childhood and was one of the main inspirations behind My Hero Academia. In turn, with the release of the My Hero Academia anime, Naruto's creator, Masashi Kishimoto, congratulated Horikoshi in the pages of Weekly Shōnen Jump.
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