Takeshi Obata

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Takeshi Obata (小畑 健, Obata Takeshi^?, born February 11, 1969 in Niigata, Niigata) is a Japanese mangaka. He generally works as the primary artist in collaboration with a primary writer. He has also mentored several mangaka, including Kentaro Yabuki of Black Cat fame and Nobuhiro Watsuki of Rurouni Kenshin.

He is most well-known as the artist of Hikaru no Go and Death Note. Obata is rare among shōnen artists not only for the detail of his drawings, but in his penchant for fashion; the characters he draws often wear stylish clothes and trendy items like the latest fashionable scarf, tie or handbag.

On September 7, 2006, he was arrested for possessing an army knife in his car. [1]. He was originally pulled over for driving his car with the headlights off at 1 a.m., and reportedly said he keeps the knife in the car for when he goes camping. [2]

Since late 2006 he has served as the artist of Blue Dragon Ral Grado, a manga adaptation of the fantasy video game, Blue Dragon.

[edit] Works

• Arabian Majin Bokentan Lamp Lamp with Susumu Sendo
• Karakurizoshi Ayatsuri Sakon with Sharakumaro (writer)
• Hikaru no Go with Yumi Hotta (writer) - supervised by Yukari Umezawa (5-dan)
• Death Note with Tsugumi Ohba
• Blue Dragon Ral Grado with Tsuneo Takano