Yūki Tabata

Yūki Tabata (Japanese: 田畠裕基, Hepburn: Tabata Yūki) is a Japanese manga artist. After working as an assistant to Toshiaki Iwashiro, he created the one-shot Hungry Joker, which was later serialized as a full series. After its conclusion, he launched Black Clover.

Yūki Tabata
田畠裕基
BornFukuoka Prefecture
NationalityJapanese
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
Black Clover
Signature

Biography

Yūki Tabata was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1] Before launching his own series, he worked as an assistant to Toshiaki Iwashiro.[2] In 2011, Tabata entered the one-shot Hungry Joker in the Golden Future Cup, which earned first place in the award.[1] This one-shot was later turned into a full series, which ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 2012 to 2013.[3][4]

Following Hungry Joker's completion, Tabata published another one-shot, titled Black Clover, in Shōnen Jump Next!!.[5] This one-shot was later turned into a full series, which started serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump on February 16, 2015.[6] Soon after Black Clover's debut as a full series, Tabata got married.[1] In the first half of 2017, Black Clover was the 28th best-selling manga in Japan.[7] One year later, the entire Black Clover media franchise was the 24th best-selling media franchise in Japan.[8] The series has been given numerous adaptations, notably an anime television series.[9]

Style

Tabata stated that when making stories, he wants to give each character a chance in the spotlight.[10] When it comes to the characters, he likes to give each a defining trait to make them memorable to the reader. As for their designs, he stated that he likes to have fun drawing, so if part of a character's design frustrates him, he changes it.[10]

Influences

Tabata has cited Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball as a major influence over his work, even stating it was one of the main reasons he decided to become a manga artist.[11] Tabata has also cited Kentaro Miura's Berserk[12] and Tite Kubo's Bleach as sources of inspiration.[13]

Works

References
  1. Tabata, Yūki (June 7, 2016). "About the Author". Black Clover. Vol. 1. Viz Media. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-42-158718-9.
  2. "Yūki Tabata". Manga News (in French). Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  3. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 31, 2010). "Shonen Jump to Launch 3 New Manga Series in November". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  4. ｢LIGHT WING｣の神海英雄、ジャンプで吹奏楽マンガ連載. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 13, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  5. "ベル坊が帰ってきた「べるぜバブ」番外編の連載、NEXT!!で". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 7, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  6. Valdez, Kiara (January 29, 2015). "Shonen Jump to Launch 4 Manga, Including Detective Story by Psyren's Iwashiro". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  7. Loo, Egan (June 1, 2017). "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2017 (First Half)". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  8. Loo, Egan (June 26, 2018). "Top-Selling Media Franchises in Japan: 2018 (First Half)". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  9. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 17, 2016). "Yūki Tabata's Black Clover Manga Gets TV Anime by Studio Pierrot (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  10. Bae, John (March 20, 2019). "Jump Festa 2019 Interview - Yūki Tabata". Viz Media. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  11. Drouard, Elodie (September 18, 2018). "" C'est 'Dragon Ball' qui m'a donné envie de faire ce métier " : entretien avec Yûki Tabata, l'auteur du shōnen manga " Black Clover "". France TV Info (in French). Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  12. Chéry, Lloyd (July 7, 2018). "Black Clover, le meilleur manga de fantasy expliqué par son auteur" [Black Clover, the best fantasy manga explained by its author]. Le Point (in French). Archived from the original on May 2, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  13. Whalen, Amanda (August 22, 2018). "Shōnen Jump Authors Comment on Bleach Ending". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 11, 2021. Yūki Tabata of Black Clover wrote, "It had a lot of influence on me. Kubo-sensei, serializing it for such a long time must have been a lot of work!"
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