Yusuke Murata

Yusuke Murata is a Japanese manga artist and animator. He is best known for illustrating the American football manga Eyeshield 21, written by Riichiro Inagaki, and for drawing the manga version of ONE's One-Punch Man.

He debuted professionally in 1995 with the one-shot Partner in a special edition of Weekly Shōnen Jump, which won the Hop Step Award. Samui Hanashi followed in 1998 and won the Akatsuka Award.

Eyeshield 21 ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from July 2002 to June 2009 across 333 chapters and 37 volumes. One-Punch Man, serialized in the web version of Weekly Young Jump, has also been adapted into anime. As a child, Murata won a Mega Man boss design contest twice and is credited with Dust Man and Crystal Man.