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{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}
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{{nihongo|'''Naoshi Arakawa'''|新川 直司|Arakawa Naoshi||lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga artist]], known for his work ''[[Your Lie in April]]''.

==Early life==
Naoshi Arakawa grew up in the [[Rural area|countryside]] of Japan with an older brother.<ref name=Animeexpo>{{cite web|title=Report from Anime Expo: An exclusive interview with Naoshi Arakawa|url=https://kodanshacomics.com/2016/08/08/report-anime-expo-exclusive-interview-naoshi-arakawa/|publisher=Kodansha Comics|date=August 8, 2016|access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref> They used to get manga magazines like ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' and ''[[Monthly Shōnen Magazine]]'' often, so he was exposed to manga from a young age.<ref name=Animeexpo/> That, along with his love for ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' and ''[[Kinnikuman]]'' was what ultimately made him decide to become a [[Mangaka|manga author]].<ref name=excite>{{cite web|script-title=ja:足りないのはLOVEとヤンキー〈『四月は君の嘘』新川直司インタビュー前編〉|url=https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/E1327416504902/?p=all|website=[[Excite (web portal)|Excite News]]|date=January 25, 2012|access-date=February 12, 2021|language=ja}}</ref>
However, he elected not to tell anyone due to the [[Conservatism|conservative]] nature of his hometown and his [[Extraversion and introversion|shy personality]].<ref name=Animeexpo/>

==Career==
After getting advice from a friend at college, Naoshi Arakawa decided to enter for the Monthly Shōnen Magazine Grand Challenge. The [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] he submitted would become the basis for ''[[Your Lie in April]]''.<ref name=excite/> Afterwards, he then worked as an assistant before making his serial debut with the manga adaptation of ''[[A School Frozen in Time]]''.<ref name=excite/> It ran in ''[[Monthly Shōnen Magazine]]'' from December 2007 to April 2009, and was published in four volumes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Kodansha Comics, Vertical License Summer of You, Haru's Curse Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-17/kodansha-comics-vertical-license-summer-of-you-haru-curse-manga/.160748|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 17, 2020|access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref> At the time, he was also working on a one-shot manga prototype, which would eventually become his second serial, ''[[Sayonara, Football]]''.<ref name=excite/> It ran in ''Magazine E-no'' from June 20, 2009, to August 20, 2010,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:マガジンイーノ No.2号 2009年06月20日|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/magazine/index.php/04778/newest/521|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921134805/http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/magazine/index.php/04778/newest/521|archive-date=September 21, 2009|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「たま♡はな」安原いちる新連載、男子中学生が魔女になる|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/36469|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|access-date=February 12, 2021|language=ja|date=August 20, 2010}}</ref> and was published in two volumes.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:さよならフットボール（１）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000044645|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=February 12, 2021|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:さよならフットボール（２）＜完＞|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000044749|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=February 12, 2021|language=ja}}</ref>

After finishing ''Sayonara, Football'', he wanted to try something new.<ref name=Animeexpo/> He eventually decided on doing a music-focused anime, however, his first attempt was turned down.<ref>{{cite web|last=Aoki|first=Deb|title=Interview: Your Lie in April Mangaka Naoshi Arakawa|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2016-08-12/interview-your-lie-in-april-mangaka-naoshi-arakawa/.105309|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 12, 2016|access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref> To find inspiration, he decided to go back to the original one-shot he entered in the contest.<ref name=excite/> He eventually created ''Your Lie in April''. It ran in ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine'' from April 6, 2011, to February 6, 2015,<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:「さよならフットボール」新川、月マガで恋物語スタート|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/47420|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|access-date=February 12, 2021|language=ja|date=April 6, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ressler|first1=Karen|title=Your Lie in April Manga to End in February|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/your-lie-in-april-manga-to-end-in-february/.82641|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 12, 2021|date=December 26, 2014}}</ref> and was published in eleven volumes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063714678|script-title=ja:四月は君の嘘（１１）＜完＞|trans-title=[[Your Lie in April]] (11) <Final>|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=February 12, 2021|language=ja}}</ref> It won the award for Best [[Shōnen manga|{{Transl|ja|Shōnen}} manga]] at the 37th [[Kodansha Manga Award]]s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Animal Land, Ore Monogatari!! Win 37th Kodansha Manga Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-09/37th-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-announced|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 9, 2013|access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref> He also made a spinoff manga for the Japanese [[blu-ray]] release of the anime adaptation and was later published in {{Transl|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} format.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063925401|script-title=ja:四月は君の嘘Ｃｏｄａ|trans-title=Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Coda|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref> He also did the illustrations for the light novel spinoff.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tokiumi|first=Yui|title=A Six Person Etude|year=2017|url= |location= |publisher=Vertical|page=V|isbn=978-1945054266}}</ref> Around this time, he also did an illustration for the endcard (the drawing at the end of the episode) for the fifth episode of ''[[Occultic;Nine]]''.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:Site 05 ここが新しい世界なのね She's Lost Control|url=https://occultic-nine.com/story/05.html|website=Occultic;Nine official website|date=November 4, 2016|access-date=February 12, 2021|language=ja}}</ref>

For his next series, he decided to make a sequel to ''Sayonara, Football'' in the form of ''[[Farewell, My Dear Cramer]]''. It ran in ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine'' from May 6, 2016, to December 4, 2020,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:新川直司、個性豊かな少女たちのサッカー物語「さよなら私のクラマー」開幕|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/186155|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|access-date=February 12, 2021|language=ja|date=May 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title='Farewell, My Dear Cramer' Manga Ends in December|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-05/farewell-my-dear-cramer-manga-ends-in-december/.165820|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 12, 2021|date=November 5, 2020}}</ref> and is being published in volumes, with fourteen having been released as of August 2022 (last release April 2021).<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:さよなら私のクラマー（１４）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000350971|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=April 18, 2021|language=ja}}</ref> A volume zero to ''Farewell, My Dear Cramer'' was also given out to people who saw the movie adaptation of ''Sayonara, Football'' in theaters.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:さよなら私のクラマー：劇場版アニメの入場者特典にマンガ"第0巻" 新川直司描き下ろし 中学生編と高校生編の幕間描く|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20210416dog00m200043000c.html|website=Mantan Web|date=April 19, 2021|access-date=April 19, 2021|language=ja}}</ref>

On September 21, 2022, Arakawa released a preview for his new manga series, titled ''[[Atwight Game]]'', in [[Kodansha]]'s ''[[Weekly Shōnen Magazine]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Your Lie in April Author Naoshi Arakawa Announces New Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-13/your-lie-in-april-author-naoshi-arakawa-announces-new-manga/.189614|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 13, 2022|date=September 13, 2022}}</ref> It was serialized from September 28, 2022,<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:「さよなら私のクラマー」新川直司の新連載「アトワイトゲーム」週マガで始動|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/495391|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|access-date=April 19, 2023|language=ja|date=September 28, 2022}}</ref> to April 12, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Naoshi Arakawa's Atwight Game Fantasy Manga Ends on April 12|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-06/naoshi-arakawa-atwight-game-fantasy-manga-ends-on-april-12/.196819|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 19, 2023|date=April 6, 2023}}</ref>

Arakawa's next series, ''[[Orion's Board]]'', began serialization in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' on January 10, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『四月は君の嘘』『さよなら私のクラマー』作者の新連載は将棋×青春×ラブストーリー PV公開|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2309914/full/|website=[[Oricon]]|date=January 10, 2024|access-date=January 10, 2024|language=ja}}</ref>

==Works==
===Manga===
*{{nihongo|''[[A School Frozen in Time]]''|冷たい校舎の時は止まる|Tsumetai Kōsha no Toki wa Tomaru}} (2007–2009) (serialized in ''[[Monthly Shōnen Magazine]]'')
*{{nihongo||さよならフットボール|[[Sayonara, Football]]}} (2009–2010) (serialized in ''Magazine E-no'')
*{{nihongo|''[[Your Lie in April]]''|四月は君の嘘|Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso}} (2011–2015) (serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine'')
*{{nihongo||四月は君の嘘Ｃｏｄａ|Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso: Coda}} (2016) (included with the Japanese [[Blu-ray]] release of the main series' anime adaptation)
*{{nihongo|''[[Farewell, My Dear Cramer]]''|さよなら私のクラマー|Sayonara Watashi no Cramer}} (2016–2020) (serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine'')
*{{nihongo|''[[Atwight Game]]''|アトワイトゲーム}} (2022–2023) (serialized in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Magazine]]'')
*{{nihongo|''[[Orion's Board]]''|盤上のオリオン|Banjō no Orion}} (2024–present) (serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'')

===Other===
*{{nihongo|''Your Lie in April – A Six Person Etude''|四月は君の嘘　６人のエチュード|}} (2014) (illustrations)
*{{nihongo|''[[Occultic;Nine]]''|オカルティック・ナイン|Okarutikku Nain}} (2016) (episode 5 endcard)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Anime News Network|people|128841}}

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