Akinobu Uraku is a Japanese manga artist born on September 22, 1977, in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. He is best known as the original creator of the manga series Tokyo Underground, which was later adapted into an anime television series. His professional career began in 1997 when his short work Yojō Mahō Shoriban was published in the February issue of Monthly G Fantasy. This work earned him one of two grand prizes at the 4th Enix 21st Century Manga Awards in the same year.

Uraku’s first and most prominent serialized work is Tokyo Underground. The manga was serialized in Enix’s Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine from 1998 to 2005 and was compiled into fourteen tankōbon volumes. The series is set in a hidden realm beneath Tokyo and follows characters with elemental-based supernatural abilities. In 2002, Tokyo Underground was adapted into a twenty-six episode anime television series produced by Studio Pierrot. The anime aired on TV Tokyo from April to September 2002. Uraku made a cameo appearance as a student in the first episode of this anime adaptation.

Following the conclusion of Tokyo Underground, Uraku created the manga series Onikirisama no Hakoirimusume. This series began with a short story and subsequent serialization in Monthly Shōnen Gangan, running from 2006 to 2010. The series was collected into four tankōbon volumes.

Regarding his artistic identity, Uraku has publicly acknowledged experiencing creative struggles during the serialization of Tokyo Underground, his first long-term project. He has commented on his unstable art style and difficulties with narrative structure during that period, describing his process as being in a state of "trial and error" while working under time constraints. This self-reflection provides insight into the development of his artistic voice in the shōnen manga genre. His industry significance is primarily tied to Tokyo Underground as an early 2000s shōnen property that received an anime adaptation and international distribution.