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Place of Birth: Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
About Yu Yagami
- Yu Yagami (?? ?, Yagami Yu, born July 11, 1969 in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist.
- He is best known for the manga Those Who Hunt Elves, which was adapted as an anime series.
- His works Those Who Hunt Elves, Dokkoida?!, Go West!, and Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify have been licensed in English. Yagami’s works are predominantly comedy shonen manga with science fiction or high fantasy settings—for example, Dokkoida?! is a superhero parody series and Go West! a western parody.
- Many feature protagonists that use martial arts, usually some form of karate, such as Junpei in Those Who Hunt Elves and Shota in Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify).
- Yagami himself is a karate aficionado, and is a member of the Kendokai (???, Kendokai) Karate-do.
- Most of his works are published by MediaWorks and serialized in their Dengeki Comic Gao! magazine.
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