Gege Akutami

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Gege Akutami
芥見下々
BornGege Akutami
(1992-02-26) February 26, 1992 (age 34)
Iwate Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
AreaManga artist
Notable works
Jujutsu Kaisen

Gege Akutami (Japanese: 芥見下々, Hepburn: Akutami Gege; born February 26, 1992) is a Japanese manga artist known for the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen.

Biography

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Gege Akutami was born in Iwate Prefecture,[1] afterwards he moved to Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture in fifth grade. Akutami began drawing manga by mimicking a friend, which inspired him to become a professional manga artist.[2][3] Akutami has named Tite Kubo as an influence in his work after reading Bleach in fourth grade, in addition to Hunter × Hunter and Neon Genesis Evangelion among other works.[2] In 2014, Gege Akutami started working as an assistant to Yasuhiro Kanō in Kiss x Death.[4]

He published his first work the same year, titled "Kamishiro Sōsa" (神代捜査), a one-shot chapter published in Shueisha's Jump NEXT! vol. 2 on May 7, 2014.[5][6] His next work was No.9, with a one-shot chapter published in Jump NEXT! vol. 2 on May 1, 2015,[7] and another one-shot in the 46th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump on October 10, 2015.[8] Akutami would publish the one-shot "Nikai Bongai Barabarjura" (二界梵骸バラバルジュラ) in the 2016 44th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released on October 3, 2016. This one-shot was nominated for the 11th "Gold Future Cup" contest of the magazine.[9][10]

In 2017, Akutami published Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School (東京都立呪術高等専門学校, Tōkyō Toritsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō), a 4-chapter series that ran in Jump Giga from April 28 to July 28, 2017.[11][12] This series later served as a prologue to his next work, Jujutsu Kaisen, being retroactively titled as Jujutsu Kaisen 0.[13] Akutami began the publication of Jujutsu Kaisen in the 2018 14th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released on March 5, 2018.[14] The series ended in the 44th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump on September 30, 2024.[15]

Works

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Title Year Magazine Publisher(s) Notes Ref.
Kamishiro Sousa (神代捜査) 2014 Shōnen Jump Next! Shueisha One-shot [16]
No. 9 2015 Shōnen Jump Next! Shueisha One-shot [17]
No. 9 2015 Weekly Shōnen Jump Shueisha One-shot [18]
Nikai Bongai Barabarujura (二界梵骸バラバルジュラ) 2016 Weekly Shōnen Jump Shueisha One-shot [19]
Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School (東京都立呪術高等専門学校, Tōkyō Toritsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō)[a] 2017 Jump Giga Shueisha (Japanese)
Viz Media (English) 		Manga [11][12]
Jujutsu Kaisen (呪術廻戦) 2018–2024 Weekly Shōnen Jump Shueisha (Japanese)
Viz Media (English) 		Manga [14][20]
Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo (呪術廻戦≡（モジュロ）, Jujutsu Kaisen Mojuro) 2025– Weekly Shōnen Jump Shueisha (Japanese) Manga (illustrated by Yuji Iwasaki) [21][22]

Awards

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In 2016, Akutami's one-shot Nikai Bongai Barabarujura was nominated for Weekly Shōnen Jump's 11th Gold Future Cup contest.[23] In 2019, his manga Jujutsu Kaisen was nominated for the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category.[24] Akutami is the 2020 grand prize winner for Jujutsu Kaisen on Mando Kobayashi, Kendo Kobayashi's monthly manga variety show, where winners are selected on his personal taste.[25] In 2021, Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen was listed as a nominee for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.[26]

Explanatory notes

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  1. ^ Also known as Jujutsu Kaisen 0

References

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