Hirohiko Araki

Japanese manga artist

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November 15 2024 Published 'Hirohiko Araki's New Manga Techniques: How to Create a Villain'
July 29 2024 Araki unveiled a public art display commissioned by JR West called 'The Fountain Boy' at Ōsaka Station, inspired by a fountain that existed until 2004.
2022 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure reached 120 million collected volumes in print.
2021 Araki concluded the JoJolion story arc after a decade of serialization.
2020 Araki created an official poster for the Tokyo Paralympics titled 'The Sky above The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa'.
August 24 2018 Created cover art for UOMO magazine
October 28 2016 Created cover art for Learning Japanese History Through Manga, Volumes 2 and 18
November 20 2015 A stage adaptation of Araki's 1994 one-shot 'Under Execution, Under Jailbreak' ran at the Galaxy Theatre from November 20 to 29, then toured the country in December.
April 17 2015 A book explaining Araki's manga creation methodology was released in Japan.
September 19 2013 Released JoJoveller, an artbook set
September 19 2012 Illustrated Jorge Joestar novel and created cover art for X -Cross- album by Sayuri Ishikawa
July 2012 A 'Hirohiko Araki JoJo Exhibition' opened in Sendai to celebrate the 25th anniversary of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, later moving to Tokyo in October.
2011 Araki began producing 'JoJolion', the eighth story arc of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, serialized in Ultra Jump magazine.
September 17 2011 The Gucci x Hirohiko Araki x Spur 'Rohan Kishibe Goes to Gucci' Exhibition was hosted at the Gucci store in Shinjuku, celebrating Gucci's 90th anniversary and featuring Araki's illustrations and a life-size Rohan Kishibe figure.
September 16 2011 Illustrated the novel Shameless Purple Haze: Purple Haze Feedback

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