The facts
Roles
Manga artist
Country
Japan
Active since
2006
Publishers
Shueisha (Akamaru Jump, Weekly Shōnen Jump, Shōnen Jump+)
Awards
Jump Twelve Newcomer Manga Award (2005)
About Naoya Matsumoto
Naoya Matsumoto is a Japanese manga artist known for his series Kaiju No. 8.
In 2005 he was a finalist for the 22nd Jump Twelve Newcomer Manga Award with Spiritual People, and later that year he won the 27th edition with Necromancer. That one-shot was published in Akamaru Jump in 2006, marking his professional debut.
Neko Wappa! appeared as a one-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2009 and was serialized in the magazine from late 2009 into 2010. Pochikuro followed, first in Shōnen Jump Next! in 2013 and then as a serial on Shōnen Jump+ from 2014 to 2015.
Kaiju No. 8 ran on Shōnen Jump+ from July 3, 2020, to July 18, 2025, and Shueisha collected it in sixteen volumes.
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