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{{Short description|Japanese manga artist (born 1966)}}
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{{Eastern name order|Togashi Yoshihiro}}
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| native_name  = 冨樫 義博
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| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1966|4|27}}
| birth_place  = [[Shinjō, Yamagata]], Japan
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| occupation   = [[Manga artist]]
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| subject      = [[Shōnen manga]]
| notableworks = {{ubl|''[[YuYu Hakusho]]''|''[[Level E]]''|''[[Hunter × Hunter]]''}}
| awards       = {{ubl|[[Tezuka Award]] (1986)|[[Shogakukan Manga Award]] (1993)}}
| years_active = 1986–present
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| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Naoko Takeuchi]]|1999}}
| children     = 2
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{{nihongo|'''Yoshihiro Togashi'''|冨樫 義博|Togashi Yoshihiro|born April 27, 1966|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga artist]]. He began drawing [[manga]] at an early age, before being recognized for his talent by the publishing company [[Shueisha]] while attending college. Togashi has authored several different manga series in different [[Literary genre|genres]] over the past three decades. He is best known for writing and illustrating the ''[[YuYu Hakusho]]'' (1990–1994) and ''[[Hunter × Hunter]]'' (1998–present) series, which are some of the [[List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga series]] of all time. Togashi is married to [[Naoko Takeuchi]], the author of ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.

==Biography==

===Early life===
Born in [[Shinjō, Yamagata]]<ref name="uzen">{{cite web | title=Vol.13[巻頭インタビュー]冨樫義博|trans-title=Vol.13 The First Page Interview Yoshihiro Togashi| url= http://www.thr.mlit.go.jp/yamagata/u-zen/013/13_p01.html | publisher=Yamagata River and National Highway Office| language=ja| access-date=December 17, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060204021239/http://www.thr.mlit.go.jp/yamagata/u-zen/013/13_p01.html| archive-date= February 4, 2006}}</ref><ref name="uncovered">{{cite book | title=YuYu Hakusho Uncovered: The Unofficial Guide |author1=Fujie, Kazuhisa  |author2=Wyman, Walt  |name-list-style=amp | year=2005 | publisher=DH Publishing Inc | location=Tokyo, Japan | pages=11–2}}</ref> to a family that owned a paper shop,<ref name="Manga Planet">{{Cite news|url=https://mangaplanet.jp/manga-planet-visits-yoshihiro-togashis-childhood-home/|title=Manga Planet Visits....Yoshihiro Togashi's Childhood Home - Manga Planet|date=April 5, 2018|work=Manga Planet|access-date=April 18, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=June 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619035838/https://mangaplanet.jp/manga-planet-visits-yoshihiro-togashis-childhood-home/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Togashi began drawing manga casually in his first to second year of elementary school.<ref name="uzen"/><ref name="uncovered"/><ref name="interview">{{cite journal |title=Interview: Yoshihiro Togashi | journal=Shonen Jump |last=Togashi  |first=Yoshihiro | year=2003 |publisher=Viz Media |location=San Francisco | volume=1 | issue=5 |issn=1545-7818}}</ref> In high school, Togashi joined the [[fine-art]]s club; he later enrolled at [[Yamagata University]] where he studied education in the hope of becoming a teacher.<ref name="uzen"/> During college he submitted some of his manga work to ''[[Weekly Young Jump]]'', published by [[Shueisha]].<ref name="uzen"/><ref name="uncovered"/> In 1986, at age 20, he authored a manga titled {{nihongo|''Buttobi Straight''|ぶっとびストレート|Buttobi Sutorēto}} for which he received the [[Tezuka Award]], the most prestigious award for new comic artists in Japan.<ref name="interview"/><ref name="bio">{{cite web | title=SHONEN JUMP: Yoshihiro Togashi | url=http://shonenjump.viz.com/whatisjump/jumpartist/index.php?bid=15 | work=[[Shonen Jump (magazine)|Shonen Jump]] | access-date=December 5, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|first=Yoshihiro|last=Togashi|page=145|title=狼なんて怖くない!!|trans-title=Ōkami Nante Kowakunai!!|volume=1|isbn=978-4-08-871336-6|date=October 1989}}</ref> Another manga by Togashi titled {{nihongo|''Jura no Mizuki''|ジュラのミヅキ}} was an honorable mention in Shueisha's first annual ''Hop Step Award Selection'' magazine, published in 1988.<ref name="hopstep">{{cite book|publisher= Shueisha|page= 69|title=ホップ☆ステップ賞 Selection|trans-title=Hop Step Award Selection|volume=1|date=March 15, 1988 | isbn=978-4-08-871111-9}}</ref> After having given up his goal of becoming a teacher, Togashi was contacted by an editor of ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' during his senior year of college, who asked him to move to [[Tokyo]].<ref name="uncovered"/>

===Career===
Togashi's earliest published works for Shueisha include {{nihongo|''Ōkami Nante Kowakunai!!''|狼なんて怖くない!!||lit. I'm Not Afraid of the Wolf!!}}, a collection of comedy manga short-stories. ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' published some of the stories prior to a ''[[tankōbon]]'' release in 1989. Between 1989 and 1990, Togashi authored {{nihongo|''[[Ten de Shōwaru Cupid]]''|てんで性悪キューピッド||lit. An Ill-tempered Cupid in Heaven}}, a four-volume romance manga involving the relationship between a normal, human boy and a beautiful, devil girl.

In 1990, Togashi made a name for himself with his next series, {{nihongo|''[[YuYu Hakusho]]''|幽☆遊☆白書||lit. Poltergeist Report}}. Based on his interests in the [[occult]] and [[horror film]]s, the plot features the character [[Yusuke Urameshi]], who is killed and brought back to life as an "Underworld Detective". The manga, which lasted 175 chapters over 19 ''tankōbon'' from 1990 to 1994, went on to sell over 78 million copies worldwide, earned Togashi a [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] in 1994, and received a hit [[anime]] adaptation.<ref>{{cite press release | date=May 15, 2003 | location=Beverly, Massachusetts | title=Atari and Funimation Expand Relationship with New Publishing Agreement; Atari to Produce Video Games Based on FUNimation's Yu Yu Hakusho Hit Anime. | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-101809014.html | publisher=[[Business Wire]] | access-date=September 8, 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="ShogakukanAward">{{cite web|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 |trans-title=Shogakukan Manga Award: Past winners |publisher=Shogakukan |language=ja |access-date=August 19, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094941/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |archive-date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> <!--Togashi next authored ''Church!'', a ''[[dōjinshi]]'' series.<ref>{{cite book|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|first=Yoshihiro|last=Togashi|page=116|series=YuYu Hakusho|volume=1|isbn=978-1-56931-904-8|date=May 2003}}</ref>--> In 1995, he created {{nihongo|''[[Level E]]''|レベルE}}, a [[science fiction]]-comedy manga. Comprising three volumes, it was first published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in 1995 and ran until 1997.<ref>{{Cite book|title=レベルE/1|year=1996 |trans-title=Level E/1 |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-872071-7&mode=1|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|isbn=978-4-08-872071-5|access-date=December 5, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=レベルE/2|year=1996|trans-title=Level E/2|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-872072-5&mode=1|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|isbn=978-4-08-872072-2|access-date=December 5, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=レベルE/3|year=1997|trans-title=Level E/3|url=https://archive.org/details/reberue3fullmoon0000unse|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|isbn=978-4-08-872073-9|access-date=December 5, 2009|url-access=registration}}</ref> ''Level E'' was adapted into an anime television series in 2011.<ref>{{cite news | date=October 25, 2010 | title=Yoshihiro Togashi's Level E Manga Gets Anime in 2011 | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-25/yoshihiro-togashi-level-e-manga-gets-anime-in-2011 | work=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=November 13, 2010}}</ref>

Togashi's next major manga series, ''[[Hunter × Hunter]]'', began serialization in 1998. The story revolves around the protagonist [[Gon Freecss]], a young boy searching for his father, a legendary, elite member of society called a "Hunter". This manga also performed very well commercially, with the first 20 volumes selling nearly 55 million copies in Japan as of August 2011.<ref>{{cite web | date=August 2, 2006 | title=『Hunter×Hunter』日本テレビ系にてアニメ化決定！ | trans-title=Decision by NTV to animation Hunter × Hunter! | url=http://www.famitsu.com/news/201108/02047760.html | publisher=[[Famitsu]] | language=ja | access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref> It has 84 million copies in circulation as of July 4, 2022.<ref>{{cite web | date=July 4, 2022 | title= 冨樫義博展の開催が決定。『ハンターハンター』『幽遊白書』『レベルE』など名作原画が一挙公開。冨樫先生直筆メッセージも到着 | trans-title= It has been decided that the Yoshihiro Togashi exhibition will be held. Masterpiece original drawings such as ''Hunter Hunter", "Yu Yu Hakusho" and "Level E" are release all at once. Mr. Togashi's handwritten message also arrived. | url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/202207/04267131.html | publisher= [[Famitsu]] | language=Ja | access-date=July 4, 2022}}</ref> In 2008, Togashi tied with ''[[One Piece]]'' author [[Eiichiro Oda]] as the fifth favorite manga artist from a poll posted by the marketing research firm [[Oricon]].<ref>{{cite news | date=March 4, 2008 | title=Oricon: Nana's Yazawa, DB's Toriyama are Most Popular | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-04/oricon-nana-yazawa-db-toriyama-are-most-popular | work=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=September 5, 2010}}</ref>

In 2017, Togashi wrote the two-chapter manga {{nihongo|''Akuten Wars''|悪天ウォーズ}}. It was illustrated by Hachi Mizuno and published in the September and November issues of ''Grand Jump Premium''.<ref name="akuten">{{cite web | date=August 19, 2017 | title="Hunter x Hunter" Author Teams Up With Rookie On Short Manga | url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/08/19-1/hunter-x-hunter-author-teams-up-with-rookie-on-short-manga | publisher=[[Crunchyroll]] | access-date=February 22, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Togashi is married to [[Naoko Takeuchi]], the creator of ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.<ref name="uzen"/><ref name="uncovered"/><ref name="bio"/> The two were introduced at a party hosted by [[Kazushi Hagiwara]] in August 1997. The following year, Takeuchi assisted Togashi for a short time by adding [[screentone]] to his manga ''Hunter × Hunter''.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Takeuchi| first=Naoko | author-link  =Naoko Takeuchi |date=January 1999 | title=武内直子姫の社会復帰ぱーんち!!(Round 2)| trans-title=Princess Naoko Takeuchi's Return to Society Punch!! (Round 2) | journal=[[Young You]] | publisher=Shueisha | language=ja}}</ref> Togashi and Takeuchi were married on January 6, 1999. In attendance for the ceremony were several fellow manga artists and voice actors from both the ''Sailor Moon'' and ''Yu Yu Hakusho'' anime series.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Takeuchi| first=Naoko |date=March 1999 | title=武内直子姫の社会復帰ぱーんち!!(Round 4)| trans-title=Princess Naoko Takeuchi's Return to Society Punch!! (Round 4) | journal=Young You | publisher=Shueisha | language=ja}}</ref> The couple have two children and have collaborated on a children's book titled {{nihongo|''Oobo— Nu— Tochiibo— Nu—''|おおぼーぬーとちぃぼーぬー}}, which Takeuchi wrote and Togashi illustrated.<ref name="interview"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|title=名前|trans-title=Name|series=[[Hunter × Hunter]]|volume=27|date=December 25, 2009|publisher=Shueisha|isbn=978-4-08-870065-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | script-title=ja:おおぼーぬーとちぃぼーぬー | trans-title=Oobo— Nu— Tochiibo— Nu— | url=http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3245365 | publisher=[[Kodansha]] | language=ja | access-date=December 6, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Togashi enjoys [[board game|board-game]]-style [[video game]]s and [[bowling]] with his family.<ref name="interview"/> He also likes watching horror movies,<ref>{{cite book|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|first=Yoshihiro|last=Togashi|page=77|title=狼なんて怖くない!! [I'm Not Afraid of the Wolf!!]|isbn=978-4-08-871336-6|date=October 1989|language=ja}}</ref> and considers ''[[Don't Look Up (1996 film)|Don't Look Up]]'' and ''[[Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' his favorites.<ref name="interview"/> Togashi cites visual effects designer [[H. R. Giger]] as a major influence.<ref name="interview"/> Togashi suffered from an immense amount of stress while working on ''YuYu Hakusho'', which caused him inconsistent sleep patterns and chest pain.<ref>{{cite book|title=Yoshihiro Togashi Speaks | series=ヨシりんでポン![Yoshirin de Pon!]|first=Yoshihiro|last=Togashi|pages=13–4 |year=1994|language=ja}}</ref> On March 29, 2011, Togashi and his fellow manga artists posted messages on the official ''Shōnen Jump'' website in support of the victims of the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]].<ref>{{cite web|date=March 29, 2011 |script-title=ja:ジャンプのマンガ家から被災者のみなさまへのメッセージが続々届いてます |trans-title=A message to the victims from the authors of Jump manga |url=http://www.shonenjump.com/j/message/ |publisher=Shueisha |language=ja |access-date=May 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517085434/http://www.shonenjump.com/j/message/ |archive-date=May 17, 2011 }}</ref> He has a younger brother named Hideaki Togashi, who is also a manga artist. The Togashi Paper Store run by his mother is still open in [[Shinjō, Yamagata]].<ref name="Manga Planet"/>

On May 24, 2022, Togashi created a [[Twitter]] account that was later verified by Shueisha. He gained over one million followers in one day, and two million in 72 hours.<ref>{{cite news |title=漫画家・冨樫義博氏がTwitterアカウントを開設、集英社「ご本人のアカウント」 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2236022/ |newspaper=ORICON NEWS  |date=May 25, 2022 |accessdate=May 25, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Creator Yoshihiro Togashi Opens Twitter Account to Share In-Progress Work |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/05/25-1/hunter-x-hunter-manga-creator-yoshihiro-togashi-opens-twitter-account-to-share-in-progress-work |newspaper=[[Crunchyroll]] |date=May 25, 2022 |accessdate=May 25, 2022 }}</ref><ref name="most">{{cite news |title=Yoshihiro Togashi Is Already Twitter's 2nd Most-Followed Manga Artist |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-05-26/yoshihiro-togashi-is-already-twitter-2nd-most-followed-manga-artist/.186031 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |date=May 25, 2022 |accessdate=May 25, 2022}}</ref> He is the most-followed manga artist on the platform, with over three million followers.<ref name="most"/><ref>{{Cite Twitter profile|Un4v5s8bgsVk9Xp|Yoshihiro Togashi}}</ref> Currently he mainly posts the progresses of his works on Twitter.

For years, he has been suffering from chronic back issues, leading to several hiatuses spanning multiple years. Due to these issues, he is only able to draw sporadically and only while laying down.<ref>{{cite news|last=Morrissy|first=Kim|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-07-04/yoshihiro-togashi-addresses-his-health-problems-in-art-exhibition-message/.187362|title=Yoshihiro Togashi Addresses His Health Problems in Art Exhibition Message|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 7, 2022|access-date=July 7, 2022|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706235930/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-07-04/yoshihiro-togashi-addresses-his-health-problems-in-art-exhibition-message/.187362|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Style==
Manga critic [[Jason Thompson (writer)|Jason Thompson]] stated that "Togashi is no ordinary mangaka; he does things his own way", furthering that his first one-shots were a mix of school comedy and "splatter-film horror references". At age 24, Togashi created a hit with the supernatural fighting comedy ''YuYu Hakusho'', one of the "obvious imitators" of the ''[[Dragon Ball (manga)|Dragon Ball]]'' formula of "start out as a comedy and then, once the readers like the characters, have them kick the crap out of each other". Then, rather than continue the series for as long as possible to maximize his profit, Togashi ended the series abruptly. He then created the "0% fighting and 100% humor" science-fiction horror manga ''[[Level E]]''.<ref name="Thompson">{{cite news | date=April 26, 2012 | title=Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Hunter x Hunter | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2012-04-26 | work=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=February 22, 2018}}</ref>

Togashi's style of artwork began with [[screentone]] but gradually developed into [[minimalism]].<ref name="interview"/> Both Rika Takahashi of EX.org and [[Claude J. Pelletier]] of ''[[Protoculture Addicts]]'' found the art style in ''Hunter × Hunter'' much simpler than ''YuYu Hakusho'' and ''Level E''.<ref name="exorg">{{cite web | author=Takahashi, Rika | title=Hunter x Hunter | url=http://www.ex.org/4.1/26-manga_hunterxhunter.html | publisher=EX.org | access-date=February 22, 2018 | archive-date=October 6, 1999 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991006000351/http://www.ex.org/4.1/26-manga_hunterxhunter.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="protoc">{{cite magazine |author1=Matsuda, Miyako  |author2=Pelletier, Claude J.|magazine=[[Protoculture Addicts]] | publisher=[[Protoculture Inc.]] | title=Anime Stories: Hunter X Hunter | issue=66 | date=June 2001 |pages=64–5 | issn=0835-9563}}</ref> Thompson noted that artwork during ''Hunter × Hunter''{{'}}s magazine run is often "sketchy" and missing backgrounds, but Togashi goes back and fixes it for its collected ''tankōbon'' release.<ref name="Thompson"/> He also wrote that Togashi has a love of gore and noted that some panels in ''Hunter × Hunter'' are apparently censored for gore, being covered with screentone.<ref name="Thompson"/>

Since 2006, Togashi has taken numerous lengthy hiatuses while serializing ''Hunter × Hunter''.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-02-24/graphs-charts-chronicle-hunter-x-hunter-manga-many-hiatuses/.99046 | title=Graphs, Charts Chronicle Hunter x Hunter Manga's Many Hiatuses | date=February 24, 2016 | work=Anime News Network | access-date=February 22, 2018}}</ref> Some were due to illness and lower back pain,<ref name="ill">{{cite news | date=November 16, 2005 | title=Hunter X Hunter on Hiatus | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-11-16/hunter-x-hunter-on-hiatus | work=Anime News Network | access-date=February 22, 2018}}</ref><ref name="backpain">{{cite news | date=August 31, 2017 | title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Goes on Hiatus With Plans to Return By End of Year | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-31/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-on-hiatus-with-plans-to-return-by-end-of-year/.120769 | work=Anime News Network | access-date=February 22, 2018}}</ref> while reasons for others were never disclosed.<ref>{{cite news | date=August 30, 2007 | title=HunterXHunter To Resume Serialization | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-08-30/hunterxhunter-to-resume | work=Anime News Network | access-date=February 22, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | date=December 10, 2007 | title=Hunter X Hunter Manga Put on Hold in Japan Again | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-10/hunter-x-hunter-manga-put-on-hold-again | work=Anime News Network | access-date=February 22, 2018}}</ref> In 2012, Thompson speculated that Togashi's slow output was "because he's a perfectionist who enjoys his work and wants to do things himself", noting that his assistants could potentially be called upon further.<ref name="Thompson"/> In his 2017 book ''Sensei Hakusho'', which recounts his work as Togashi's assistant from 1990 to 1997, Kunio Ajino stated that Togashi was unusually generous to his staff.<ref>{{cite news | date=January 11, 2018 | title=New Manga Creator, Veteran Continue Debate Over Assistants' Working Conditions | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-01-11/new-manga-creator-veteran-continue-debate-over-assistants-working-conditions/.126228 | work=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=February 22, 2018}}</ref> In July 2022, Togashi revealed that he was unable to sit in a chair for two years due to his back and hip problems, but was able to resume drawing by doing so while lying down.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-07-04/yoshihiro-togashi-addresses-his-health-problems-in-art-exhibition-message/.187362 | title=Yoshihiro Togashi Addresses His Health Problems in Art Exhibition Message | work=[[Anime News Network]] | date=July 4, 2022 | access-date=July 6, 2022}}</ref>

Manga artists [[Nobuhiro Watsuki]] and [[Pink Hanamori]] have cited Togashi and ''YuYu Hakusho'' as an influence.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rurouni Kenshin Profiles|chapter=Rurouni Secrets|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|pages=185–191|year=2005|isbn=978-1-4215-0160-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | date=September 1, 2005 | title=Interview: Pink Hanamori | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2005/6th-comic-exhibition@taipei-taiwan/6 | work=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=February 22, 2018}}</ref> He is one of the favorite artists of ''[[Naruto]]'' author [[Masashi Kishimoto]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kishimoto|first=Masashi|author-link=Masashi Kishimoto|title=NARUTO―ナルト―[秘伝·皆の書]オフィシャルプレミアムファン Book|date=December 4, 2009|publisher=Shueisha|location=Japan |language=ja|isbn=978-4-08-874834-4|pages=74–81}}</ref> ''[[Jujutsu Kaisen]]'' author [[Gege Akutami]] named Togashi as an influence and was inspired by ''YuYu Hakusho'' and ''Hunter × Hunter''.<ref name="japan-digest">{{cite web|last=Okishima|first=Kei |title=Jujutsu Kaisen: Im Interview mit Mangaka Akutami Gege|url=https://www.japandigest.de/moderne-kultur/subkultur/manga-anime/jujutsu-kaisen/|website=Japan Digest|publisher=Doitsu News Digest|access-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201022055932/https://www.japandigest.de/moderne-kultur/subkultur/manga-anime/jujutsu-kaisen/|archive-date=October 22, 2020|language=de|date=July 8, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="LeFigaro">{{cite web|last=Martigan |first=Val|title=Gege Akutami: "Pour le héros de mon manga, je me suis inspiré de mon frère"|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/bd/gege-akutami-pour-le-heros-de-mon-manga-je-me-suis-inspire-de-mon-frere-20201007|website=[[Le Figaro Magazine]]|access-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201022041523/https://www.lefigaro.fr/bd/gege-akutami-pour-le-heros-de-mon-manga-je-me-suis-inspire-de-mon-frere-20201007|archive-date=October 22, 2020|language=fr|date=October 7, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Works==

===Manga===
* ''Sensēha Toshishita!!'' (1986, later featured in ''Ten de Shōwaru Cupid'' Volume 4)<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Shueisha|page=169|title=センセーは年下!!|trans-title=The Teacher is Younger!!|series=Ten de Shōwaru Cupid|volume=4|date=March 24, 1994|isbn=978-4-08-871674-9}}</ref>
* ''Jura no Miduki'' (1987, featured in ''Hop Step Award Selection'' Volume 1 and later in ''Ten de Shōwaru Cupid'' Volume 4)<ref name="hopstep"/>
* ''Ōkami Nante Kowakunai!!'' (1989, ''tankōbon'' published by Shueisha)
** ''Buttobi Straight'' (1987)
** ''Tonda Birthday Present'' (1987, published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'')
** ''Occult Tanteidan'' (1988–1989, two parts published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'')
** ''Horror Angel'' (1988, published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'')
** ''Ōkami Nante Kowakunai!!'' (1989, published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'')
* ''[[Ten de Shōwaru Cupid]]'' (1989–1990, serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'')
* ''[[YuYu Hakusho]]'' (1990–1994, serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'')
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* ''[[Level E]]'' (1995–1997, serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'')
* ''[[Hunter × Hunter]]'' (1998–present), serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'')
* ''Akuten Wars'' (2017, published in ''Grand Jump Premium'', story only, illustrated by Hachi Mizuno)<ref name="akuten"/>

===Other===
* ''Yoshirin de Pon!'' (1994, ''YuYu Hakusho'' [[dōjinshi]] distributed at 1994 summer [[Comic Market]])
* ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis|Biohazard 3: The Last Escape]] Official Guidebook'' (1999, published by [[ASCII (company)|ASCII]])<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bent.co.jp/main/works/ot09/staff_fr.htm | title=バイオハザード 3 ラスト エスケープ 公式ガイドブック 脱出遂行編 Contents | trans-title=''Biohazard 3: The Last Escape Official Guidebook'' Contents | publisher=[[ASCII (company)|ASCII]] | language=ja | access-date=March 22, 2012 | archive-date=September 23, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923183558/http://www.bent.co.jp/main/works/ot09/staff_fr.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''Official Hunter × Hunter Guide'' (2004, published by Shueisha)<ref>{{cite book
 | title=Hunter×Hunter ハンター協会公式発行ハンターズ・ガイド
 | date=June 2004
 | trans-title=Official Hunter × Hunter Guide
 | url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873701-6&mode=1
 | publisher=Shueisha
 | language=ja
 | isbn=978-4-08-873701-0
 | access-date=December 6, 2009}}</ref>
* ''YuYu Hakusho Who's Who Underworld Character Book'' (2005, published by Shueisha)<ref>{{cite book
 | script-title=ja:幽・遊・白書 公式キャラクターズブック 霊界紳士録&#124;冨樫 義博/(株)樹想社
 | trans-title=YuYu Hakusho Who's Who Underworld Character Book
 | url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873732-6&mode=1
 | publisher=Shueisha
 | isbn=978-4-08-873732-4
 | language=ja
 | access-date=December 4, 2009| date=March 2005
 }}</ref>
* ''YuYu Hakusho Illustrations'' (2005, published by Shueisha)<ref>{{cite book
 | script-title=ja:冨樫義博 幽・遊・白書画集&#124;冨樫 義博
 | trans-title=YuYu Hakusho Illustrations
 | url= http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873733-4&mode=1
 | publisher=Shueisha
 | isbn=978-4-08-873733-1
 | language=ja
 | access-date=December 4, 2009| year=2005
 }}</ref>
* ''Oobo— Nu— To Chiibo— Nu—'' (2005, published by [[Kodansha]])
* ''[[Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo|Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo R]]'' (2011, published by Shueisha)<ref>{{cite web | date=June 3, 2011 | title=｢アイシールド21｣の村田雄介氏が執筆した、週刊少年ジャンプ公認の｢漫画の描き方｣マンガ、ジャンプコミックス｢ヘタッピマンガ研究所R｣(集英社)が6月3日(金)に発売! | trans-title="Eyeshield 21" was written by Dr. Yusuke Murata, Weekly Shōnen Jump's official "How to draw manga" comics, Graphic Novels "Hetappi Institute Comics R" (Shueisha), June 03 (Friday) released! | url=http://www.dreamnews.jp/?action_press=1&pid=0000033227 | publisher=Dream News | language=ja | access-date=July 10, 2011}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://togashi-ten.com Yoshihiro Togashi Exhibition -Puzzle- website] {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Anime News Network|people|1608}}

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