ADACHI Mitsuru

Japanese Name: あだち充

Place of Birth: Isesaki, Gunma, Japan

Gender: Male

Information for Authors: He debuted with "Kieta bakuon" (The Faded Explosion), which appeared in Shonen Sunday DX in 1970. In 1980, Touch and Nine became really popular and made him one of the most famous mangaka not only in Japan but also in other asian countries. He got married in 1985. He has his own baseball team, Vitamin A. Younger brother of ADACHI Tsutomu who died of stomach cancer on June 18, 2004. Growing up influenced by NAGASHIMA Shinji’s works, and he was supposed to be an assistant to Nagashima, but one thing and another he studied as an assistant to ISHII Isami. SHIMAMOTO Kazuhiko, ONO Shinji, HATTORI Kazumi, NAKAHARA Yuu and TANABE Yellow were once his assistants.