Yoshio Sawai

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Yoshio Sawai (澤井啓夫, Sawai Yoshio, born on March 14th, 1977 in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture) is the mangaka who draws Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo.

Sawai made his debut in Weekly Shonen Jump drawing one shot manga such as "Fierce!! Rock Paper Scissors Island!!", all of which have a gag aspect of manga, usually using satire and visual gags.

Sawai's art style is a mix of very blocky-looking characters and, sometimes, very detailed art. He tends to focus on the realistic appearance of his characters' facial expressions when they freak out. Because of the nature of his series, he has often written Bo-bobo version parodies of other authors' manga, including Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball, Kazuki Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Tsugumi Ohba's and Takeshi Obata's Death Note. He was also the leader of a team of gag-based mangaka (alongside Kyosuke Usuta, Amon Dai and Kouji Ooishi) who wrote a special 30th anniversary chapter of Osamu Akimoto's Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo. (Kochi Kame)