Yasuki Tanaka is a Japanese manga artist, born on November 17, 1982, in Wakayama Prefecture. He began his professional career in September 2002 with the one-shot Baku, which received an honorable mention in the 39th Tenkaichi Manga Awards and was later published in Akamaru Jump. Early in his career, Tanaka worked as an assistant to Hirohiko Araki, the creator of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, during the serialization of Steel Ball Run.

His early serializations in Weekly Shonen Jump include Hitomi no Catoblepas in 2007 and Kagijin in 2009. In the years following, Tanaka worked on manga adaptations of existing franchises, including Medarot7 in 2012 and the Gaist Crusher series from 2013 to 2015.

Tanaka is best known as the original creator of Summer Time Rendering, a mystery and supernatural manga serialized on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ digital platform from October 2017 to February 2021. The series, which he wrote and illustrated, was collected in 13 volumes. It received a 25-episode anime television adaptation produced by OLM, which originally aired from April to September 2022. The story follows Shinpei, a young man who returns to his remote hometown island of Hitogashima for a childhood friend's funeral, only to become entangled in a time-looping mystery involving shadowy doppelgangers. Tanaka also wrote a two-chapter spin-off, Summer Time Rendering 2026: The Room that Dreams of Murder, released in April 2022.

In March 2024, Tanaka launched his fourth major serialization, Ghost Fixers, on the Shonen Jump+ platform, where it remains ongoing. His recurring artistic identity involves crafting supernatural mysteries with intricate plotting, often centered on time manipulation, doppelgangers, and the struggle against fate. His work has gained significant industry recognition, with Summer Time Rendering establishing him as a successful creator capable of bridging manga and mainstream anime production.