Hiroyuki Takei

武井宏之

Twitter | Wiki (EN) | Wiki (JP) Hiroyuki Takei is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the multicultural hit, Shaman King. Hiroyuki Takei started drawing manga with writer EXIAD on SD Département Store Series which they created for a fanzine. Early in his career, in 1992, he became the assistant to Tamakichi Sakura on Shiawase no Katachi and Kouji Kiriyama on Ninku. At that time, he also submitted his first yomikiri Dragdoll Group to the Tezuka Award but was rejected. Two years later in 1994, he submitted his short story Anna the Itako to the 48th Tezuka Award and won the…