Taishi Miyake
Description
Taishi Miyake is a Japanese manga artist born on July 22, 1975, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He began his professional career in the early 2000s, initially working under the pen name Miyashita Kei before establishing his primary identity as Taishi Miyake.
Miyake's first serialized manga under his own name was Spas-Pa, which ran in Monthly Comic Dragon and subsequently in Monthly Dragon Age from 2002 to 2005. This was followed by Crimson Grave, serialized in Dragon Age Pure beginning in 2006 and later transferred to Dragon Age, concluding in 2009 with a total of seven collected volumes. These early works helped establish him as a creator within the shonen manga demographic.
Miyake is best known as the creator of Long Riders!, a manga series that began serialization in Ichijinsha's shonen magazine Comic Rex in 2012. The story focuses on a group of girls who discover and pursue a shared passion for recreational cycling, blending sports elements with slice-of-life comedy. The manga was compiled into nine tankobon volumes, with an additional prequel volume released as Volume 0 on May 27, 2014. The series proved popular enough to generate a sequel, Long Riders! Stories, which began publication in Monthly Bushiroad in 2019.
The success of Long Riders! led to an anime television adaptation produced by the studio Actas. The series aired in Japan from October 8, 2016, to December 24, 2016, with the remaining episodes broadcast on February 5, 2017. A light novel adaptation written by Kei Aramoto also began publication in August 2020. Miyake has stated that health issues, specifically related to cataract treatment, necessitated a long-term hiatus from drawing Long Riders! Stories starting in 2022.
Beyond his original cycling manga, Miyake has contributed to other projects, including illustrating 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku: Koi no Step Up Hen, a romantic comedy based on the original work 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku. His body of work demonstrates a recurring focus on character-driven narratives often situated within hobbyist or niche interest communities, rendered in a style accessible to a broad shonen readership. Miyake remains an active figure in the manga industry, with his works having achieved both critical recognition and commercial adaptation into other media.
Miyake's first serialized manga under his own name was Spas-Pa, which ran in Monthly Comic Dragon and subsequently in Monthly Dragon Age from 2002 to 2005. This was followed by Crimson Grave, serialized in Dragon Age Pure beginning in 2006 and later transferred to Dragon Age, concluding in 2009 with a total of seven collected volumes. These early works helped establish him as a creator within the shonen manga demographic.
Miyake is best known as the creator of Long Riders!, a manga series that began serialization in Ichijinsha's shonen magazine Comic Rex in 2012. The story focuses on a group of girls who discover and pursue a shared passion for recreational cycling, blending sports elements with slice-of-life comedy. The manga was compiled into nine tankobon volumes, with an additional prequel volume released as Volume 0 on May 27, 2014. The series proved popular enough to generate a sequel, Long Riders! Stories, which began publication in Monthly Bushiroad in 2019.
The success of Long Riders! led to an anime television adaptation produced by the studio Actas. The series aired in Japan from October 8, 2016, to December 24, 2016, with the remaining episodes broadcast on February 5, 2017. A light novel adaptation written by Kei Aramoto also began publication in August 2020. Miyake has stated that health issues, specifically related to cataract treatment, necessitated a long-term hiatus from drawing Long Riders! Stories starting in 2022.
Beyond his original cycling manga, Miyake has contributed to other projects, including illustrating 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku: Koi no Step Up Hen, a romantic comedy based on the original work 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku. His body of work demonstrates a recurring focus on character-driven narratives often situated within hobbyist or niche interest communities, rendered in a style accessible to a broad shonen readership. Miyake remains an active figure in the manga industry, with his works having achieved both critical recognition and commercial adaptation into other media.
Works
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