Naoshi Arakawa

Naoshi Arakawa (新川 直司, Arakawa Naoshi) is the creator of Your Lie in April. He is also the creator of the upcoming Farewell, My Dear Cramer Movie: First Touch and Farewell, My Dear Cramer.

Background
In 2007, he debuted with the manga adaptation of Mizuki Tsujimura’s A School Frozen in Time in Monthly Shōnen Magazine. From 2009 to 2010, he worked on the 2 volume series Sayonara Football in Magazine E-No. His most famous work, Your Lie in April, would begin in 2011 in Monthly Shōnen Magazine, and end in 2015. It would span a light novel, a live action movie and an anime series by A-1 Pictures. Since 2016, he’s been working on Farewell, My Dear Cramer, also in Monthly Shōnen Magazine.

Works

 * 1) A School Frozen in Time (2007, Monthly Shōnen Magazine) [4 Volumes; Written by Mizuki Tsujimura; Licensed by Vertical]
 * 2) Sayonara Football (2009-2010, Magazine E-No) [2 Volumes; Published in English by Kodansha Comics]
 * 3) Your Lie in April (2011-2015, Monthly Shōnen Magazine) [11 Volumes; Published in English by Kodansha Comics]
 * 4) Farewell, My Dear Cramer (2016-, Monthly Shōnen Magazine) [12+ Volumes; Published in English by Kodansha Comics]

Your Lie in April was adapted into an anime series and a live action movie. Sayonara Football will be adapted into an anime movie in April 2021, along with an anime adaptation of Farewell, My Dear Cramer.