Yoshihiro Togashi

冨樫義博

Mangaka

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/Un4v5s8bgsVk9Xp) A Japanese manga artist. He is most notable for having created [Yu Yu Hakusho](https://anilist.co/manga/30053/Yu-Yu-Hakusho/), for which he received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1994, and [Hunter × Hunter](https://anilist.co/manga/30026/Hunter-x-Hunter/). In 1987, Togashi received the 34th Tezuka Award, the most influential new comic artist award in Japan, for his one-shot Buttobi Straight. Togashi is married to [Naoko Takeuchi](https://anilist.co/staff/96946/), the creator of [Sailor Moon](https://anilist.co/manga/30092/Sailor-Moon/). His brother, [Hideaki Togashi](https://anilist.co/staff/174009/), is also a manga artist and has helped him work on his series on multiple occasions. Since 2006, Hunter x Hunter has gone on numerous lengthy hiatuses due to varying reasons, Including but not limited to: Togashi's struggle with Lumbago, exhaustion, and his mental health. His physical and mental health was also a leading cause in the premature conclusion of Yu Yu Hakusho.

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