OKU Hiroya

Japanese Name: 奥浩哉

Place of Birth: Fukuoka, Japan

Gender: Male

Information for Authors: Under the penname of KUON Yahiro, he won the secondary prize in the 19th Youth Manga Awards in 1988. His mangas are known to be filled with explicit violence and gore, as well as "softcore" sexual situations, which is very evident through Gantz and Hen. In an interview conducted with an anime magazine in 2005, Hiroya stated that he "adores girls with big breasts". Was the assistant of YAMAMOTO Naoki. TAKEDA Kazuyoshi was once his assistant.