Hirohiko Araki

Hirohiko Araki (荒木 飛呂彦, Araki Hirohiko, born June 7, 1960) is the creator of Baoh and the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure series, which has spanned 3 OVA series, an anime movie and an anime television series.

Background
He is best known as the creator of the long running manga series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. The manga began in Weekly Shōnen Jump in December 1986, and is still ongoing today. The manga is currently being published in Ultra Jump. Before creating JoJo, he created several manga series, including Baoh. He is known for his realistic art style, which tends to be borderline bizarre at times. Kei Sanbe, Hiroshi Shiibashi, Yasuke Tanaka, and Hideo Shinkai were all his assistants.

The first five parts of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Baoh, and four chapters of Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe have been animated.

Works

 * 1) Cool Shock B.T. (1983, Weekly Shōnen Jump) [1 Volume]
 * 2) Baoh (1984-1985, Weekly Shōnen Jump) [2 Volumes; Published in English by Viz Media]
 * 3) The Gorgeous Irene (1985-1986, Monthly Shōnen Jump) [1 Volume]
 * 4) JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 1: Phantom Blood (1986-1987, Weekly Shōnen Jump) [5 Volumes; Published in English by Viz Media]
 * 5) JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency (1987-1989, Weekly Shōnen Jump) [7 Volumes; Published in English by Viz Media]
 * 6) The Life of Eccentrics (1989-2003, Ultra Jump) [1 Volume]
 * 7) JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders (1989-1992, Weekly Shōnen Jump) [16 Volumes; Published in English by Viz Media]
 * 8) JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable (1992-1995, Weekly Shōnen Jump) [18 Volumes; Published in English by Viz Media]
 * 9) JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind (1995-1999, Weekly Shōnen Jump) [17 Volumes]
 * 10) Under Execution, Under Jailbreak (1997-1999, Manga Allman) [1 Volume]
 * 11) Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe (1997-, Weekly Shōnen Jump/Jump Square) [2+ Volumes]
 * 12) JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean (2000-2003, Weekly Shōnen Jump) [17 Volumes]
 * 13) Oingo Boingo Brothers Adventure (2002) [1 Volume]
 * 14) JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run (2004-2011, Weekly Shōnen Jump/Ultra Jump) [24 Volumes]
 * 15) Rohan at the Louvre (2010) [1 Volume; Published in English by NBM Publishing]
 * 16) JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 8: JoJolion (2011-, Ultra Jump) [23+ Volumes]