Kentaro Yabuki

Kentaro Yabuki (矢吹 健太朗, Yabuki Kentarō^?, born February 4, 1980) is a Japanese manga artist. His mentor is Takeshi Obata, the illustrator of Death Note, Hikaru no Go and Bakuman.

Yabuki is best known for the series Black Cat which ran 20 volumes and was published in the United States.^[1][2] Upon its ending, Yabuki expressed desire to make a sequel from the series, or make its characters reappear in another work.^[3] He is also notable as the artist and collaborator on the series To Love-Ru -Trouble- alongside former assistant Saki Hasemi.

Works

• Yamato Gensōki (邪馬台幻想記^?) (1998 Shueisha)^[4]
• Jigen Bakuju (時限爆呪^?) (1999 Shueisha)^[4]
• Black Cat (ブラックキャット^?) (2000 Shueisha);^[4] English translation: Black Cat (2006 Viz Media), Illustrator
• Trans Boy (2004) n° 37-38 on Shonen Jump
• To Love-Ru -Trouble- (To LOVEる -とらぶる-, Toraburu^?) (2006 Shueisha),^[4] Illustrator
• Mayoi Neko Overrun! (迷い猫オーバーラン!^?, Stray Cats Overrun!) (2010 Shueisha),^[4] Illustrator
• Futagami Double (One-shot)
• To Love-Ru Darkness (To LOVEる -とらぶる- ダークネス) (2010 Shueisha),^[4] Illustrator

References

1. ^ "Black Cat 20" (in Japanese). Shueisha. http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873662-1. Retrieved September 1, 2009. 
2. ^ "Black Cat, Vol. 20". Viz Media. http://vizmedia.com/products/products.php?product_id=7755. Retrieved October 10, 2009. 
3. ^ Yabuki, Kentaro (2009). Black Cat, Volume 20. Viz Media. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-4215-2379-8. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "矢吹　健太朗" (in Japanese). Shueisha. http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/search.cgi?key=chosya&ID=000001345&comi=3&from_syosai=1. Retrieved June 21, 2010. 

External links

• Kentaro Yabuki at Shueisha
• Kentaro Yabuki at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia