Osamu Akimoto (Japanese: ?? ?, Hepburn: Akimoto Osamu, born December 11, 1952) is a Japanese manga artist from Katsushika, Tokyo.
He is best known for his long-running comedy series Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen-mae Hashutsujo, which was continuously published in Weekly Shonen Jump for 40 years from 1976 to 2016.
With 1,960 chapters collected into 200 tankobon volumes, it was awarded a Guinness World Record for "Most volumes published for a single manga series" in 2016.
By February 2012, the series had sold over 155 million copies, making it one of the best-selling manga series in history.