Junya Inoue

Junya Inoue
井上 淳哉
Born (1971-10-18) October 18, 1971 (age 53)
Shimanto, Kochi, Japan
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
Otogi Matsuri, Btooom!
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Junya Inoue (井上 淳哉, Inoue Jun'ya, born 1971 in Shimanto, Kochi) is a Japanese manga artist. He is also known by the name Joker Jun.[1] In 1991 he replied to a recruitment ad for Toaplan. Along with some other staff Inoue was transferred to Gazelle before he left to join Cave, where he worked as character and graphic designer, sound producer, and a video game director.[2][3] ESP Ra.De. was his first title as graphic director.[4] He debuted as a manga artist in 2002, with his work Otogi Matsuri (おとぎ奉り, lit. Dark Offering). He is best known in the West for his manga Btooom!, which was serialized from 2009 to 2018.

  1. ^ "Profile". Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "Junya Inoue Video Game Credits and Biography - MobyGames". MobyGames. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  3. ^ "'BTOOOM!' Season 2: Manga Ending Has Two Versions, Spinoff 'BTOOOM! U-18' A Prequel – Anime Sequel Possible?". The Inquisitr. 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  4. ^ Kemps, Heidi (September 13, 2010). "The Art of Shooting with Junya Inoue". Otaku USA. Sovereign Media. Archived from the original on 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2017-01-01.