Kōhei Horikoshi

Kōhei Horikoshi (堀越 耕平, Horikoshi Kōhei, born November 20, 1986) is the creator of My Hero Academia. He was born in the Aichi Prefecture and graduated from the Nagoya University of Arts.

Background
After graduating from Toho High School, he entered the Illustration Course at the Nagoya University of Arts.

He made his debut with the one-shot Tenko in Akamaru Jump in 2007. He did two more one-shots in the same magazine the following year, My Hero and Shinka Rhapsody.

In July 2010, he began the manga series Oumagadoki Zoo in Weekly Shōnen Jump. It ran until April 2011 and ended with 5 volumes.

In May 2012, he began Barrage, which would also be published in Weekly Shōnen Jump. However, it was cancelled with 2 volumes in September 2012. Due to this, Horikoshi became mentally depressed, and ran out of ideas. He felt that he couldn’t write manga anymore. He began My Hero Academia in Weekly Shōnen Jump in July 2014, which has been his most famous and popular work, and has since gotten several spin-offs, a light novel series, and an ongoing anime adaptation by Bones that consists of 4 seasons, several OVAs and 2 movies.

Works

 * 1) Tenko (2007, Akamaru Jump) [One-shot]
 * 2) My Hero (2008, Akamaru Jump) [One-shot]
 * 3) Shinka Rhapsody (2008, Akamaru Jump) [One-shot]
 * 4) Oumagadoki Zoo (2010-2011, Weekly Shōnen Jump) [5 Volumes]
 * 5) Barrage (2012, Weekly Shōnen Jump) [2 Volumes; Published in English by Viz Media]
 * 6) My Hero Academia (2014-, Weekly Shōnen Jump) [27+ Volumes; Published in English by Viz Media]

My Hero Academia is currently being adapted into an anime series.