Suzuhito Yasuda
Description
Suzuhito Yasuda is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator born in Mie Prefecture, Japan. He began drawing at the age of nineteen, inspired by the artwork of Range Murata, and has since built a career that spans multiple roles in the manga, light novel, and video game industries. His professional work often involves providing cover art and interior illustrations for novels, but he also creates original manga and designs characters for various media.
Yasuda is best known as the original creator of the manga series Yozakura Quartet, which began serialization in Kodansha’s Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine in January 2006. The story follows four teenagers with supernatural abilities who work together to protect the town of Sakurashin, a place where humans and yōkai coexist. This series has become a significant part of his career and has been adapted into multiple anime formats. In 2008, the first anime television series adaptation was produced by the studio Nomad and aired for twelve episodes. This was followed by an original video animation project titled Yozakura Quartet: Hoshi no Umi, which was released in three parts between 2010 and 2011.
Yasuda’s work on Yozakura Quartet led to a second anime television series, Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta, which aired from October 2013 to January 2014. Produced by Tatsunoko Production, this series was not a sequel but a retelling of the story from the beginning, incorporating both original content and material from the manga. Concurrently, another OVA series, Yozakura Quartet: Tsuki ni Naku, was produced. This project was released as a bonus DVD bundled with the limited-edition volumes of the manga, a distribution method previously used for the Hoshi no Umi OVAs. The Tsuki ni Naku OVA shipped in three parts, with the first DVD released on September 9, 2013. The story for this OVA involves the main characters facing a werewolf yōkai who kidnaps a young girl to obtain the power of her mermaid blood.
Beyond his original manga, Yasuda has achieved considerable recognition as an illustrator for light novel series. He is responsible for the illustrations in Ryohgo Narita’s Durarara!!, a series that was later adapted into a popular anime. He also provided the art for Kamisama Kazoku by Yoshikazu Kuwashima and for Fujino Omori’s internationally successful series Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?. In the video game industry, Yasuda has worked as a character designer. He was hired by Atlus to design characters for Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor and its sequel, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2, in an effort to appeal to a new audience. He also served as the character designer for the games Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory. His other anime character design credits include original character design for the series Dive!! and Salaryman's Club, as well as character design cooperation for Gundam Build Fighters.
Yasuda is best known as the original creator of the manga series Yozakura Quartet, which began serialization in Kodansha’s Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine in January 2006. The story follows four teenagers with supernatural abilities who work together to protect the town of Sakurashin, a place where humans and yōkai coexist. This series has become a significant part of his career and has been adapted into multiple anime formats. In 2008, the first anime television series adaptation was produced by the studio Nomad and aired for twelve episodes. This was followed by an original video animation project titled Yozakura Quartet: Hoshi no Umi, which was released in three parts between 2010 and 2011.
Yasuda’s work on Yozakura Quartet led to a second anime television series, Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta, which aired from October 2013 to January 2014. Produced by Tatsunoko Production, this series was not a sequel but a retelling of the story from the beginning, incorporating both original content and material from the manga. Concurrently, another OVA series, Yozakura Quartet: Tsuki ni Naku, was produced. This project was released as a bonus DVD bundled with the limited-edition volumes of the manga, a distribution method previously used for the Hoshi no Umi OVAs. The Tsuki ni Naku OVA shipped in three parts, with the first DVD released on September 9, 2013. The story for this OVA involves the main characters facing a werewolf yōkai who kidnaps a young girl to obtain the power of her mermaid blood.
Beyond his original manga, Yasuda has achieved considerable recognition as an illustrator for light novel series. He is responsible for the illustrations in Ryohgo Narita’s Durarara!!, a series that was later adapted into a popular anime. He also provided the art for Kamisama Kazoku by Yoshikazu Kuwashima and for Fujino Omori’s internationally successful series Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?. In the video game industry, Yasuda has worked as a character designer. He was hired by Atlus to design characters for Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor and its sequel, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2, in an effort to appeal to a new audience. He also served as the character designer for the games Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory. His other anime character design credits include original character design for the series Dive!! and Salaryman's Club, as well as character design cooperation for Gundam Build Fighters.
Works
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