Kohei Horikoshi

Kohei Horikoshi (堀越 耕平), born November 20, 1986, is a Japanese manga artist known for creating the manga series My Hero Academia.

Biography
A mangaka from, Kohei Horikoshi is a graduate of the. He was a former assistant for Yasuki Tanaka, creator, and author of the manga series Hitomi no Catoblepas and Kagijin.

Horikoshi's favorite manga series include ', ', ', ', and . In a farewell bid upon the conclusion of the former, Horikoshi referred to it as the greatest shonen manga ever, as Naruto made up his childhood and was one of the primary inspirations behind My Hero Academia. In turn, upon the release of the My Hero Academia anime, Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto congratulated Horikoshi in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump.

Mentors

 * Yasuki Tanaka (Hitomi no Catoblepas, Kagijin)

Assistants

 * Shingo Sasai
 * Yoco Akiyama (Volume 1 to present)
 * Hirofumi Neda (Volume 1 to Volume 6, left to focus on his spin-off manga in Jump)
 * Takuo Nagoya
 * Hiroyuki Fujiya
 * Kazuhiro Watanabe
 * Mitsuo Yuzawa
 * Ryu Horie (Volume 1 to Volume 6)
 * Ippei Watanabe
 * Keisuke Ikeda
 * Fujiya Hiroyumi
 * Monji (Horikoshi's Editor, Volume 1 - Volume 18)
 * Yoritomi (Horikoshi's Editor, Volume 19 - Present)

Sketches
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Author's Notes

 * The collection of Kohei Horikoshi's Notes of My Hero Academia: Author's Notes.

Trivia

 * In November of 2014, Horikoshi asked his followers on Twitter to think of ideas for new Quirks and send them to him. He then goes on to say he might turn that Quirk into a real hero and announce it at Jump Fiesta 2015.
 * On May 29th, 2018 it was announced that Horikoshi would be attending . This was his first trip to the United States, and his first trip outside of Japan.
 * In the First Popularity Poll, Horikoshi ranked 17th.
 * In the Fifth Popularity Poll, Horikoshi's hand ranked 35th.