Kōhei Horikoshi

Kōhei Horikoshi is a Japanese manga artist who created Oumagadoki Zoo, Barrage and My Hero Academia, all serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. My Hero Academia had more than 100 million copies in circulation by April 2024.

Before his own series he worked as an assistant to Yasuki Tanaka, the creator of Summer Time Rendering. He has named Dragon Ball, One Piece and Naruto as his favorite manga growing up, and American superhero comics, especially Marvel's, as another influence on his work.

My Hero Academia won the Daruma d'Or Manga at the Japan Expo Awards and the Sugoi Japan Award in 2017, and it won the Harvey Award for Best Manga in 2019.