ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Inoue Takehiko's Profile

1998: "Kaede Purple" awarded the Tezuka Prize. (Name after the late cartoonist Osamu Tezuka, the Tezuka Prize represents a gateway to success for new cartoonists.)

1989: "Chameleon Jail" begins serial publication in Weekly Jump (Shueisha).

1990: "Slam Dunk" begins serial publication in Weekly Jump until 1996 (Shuesha).

1996: "BUZZER BEATER" begins serial publication on www.on line comic until 1998.

1998: "VAGABOND" begins serial publication in Weekly Morning (Kodansha).

2000: Awarded the Kodansha Cartoonist Award "VAGABOND"