Tatsuya Endo

Tatsuya Endo (遠藤達哉), born July 23, 1980 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese manga artist. He is the creator of the SPY x FAMILY manga.

Personality
Endo aspired to be a manga artist since childhood. His family consists of one parent and one elder brother. His favorite actors are Bruce Lee and Hiroshi Abe, and his favorite actresses are Meg Ryan and Audrey Tautou. His favorite manga artists are Akira Toriyama, Hiroyuki Nishimori, and Minetaro Mochizuki. His hobbies, special skills, pride include skiing, basketball, racket-based ball games, repeated side-steps, doing nothing, getting stomatitis, and health destruction.

Career
In 2000, he won the 5th Story King (ストーリーキング) for 「西部遊戯」in the Name category.

Mentors

 * Kanou Yasuhiro (Mx0, Pretty Face)undefined
 * Yoshiyuki Nishi (Muhyo & Roji's BSI)undefined

Manga
Seibu Yugi (西部遊戯), Gekka Bijin (月華美刃), WITCH CRAZE and PMG-0 were compiled and published in 1 volume Shiho Yugi: Tatsuya Endo Tanpenshu (四方遊戯 遠藤達哉短編集), released on September 4, 2008. (ISBN 9784088745732)

Illustrations

 * Rooftop Detective -Octane- (屋上探偵 -オクタン-) - Tomohito Ohsaki (大崎知仁), 2006年2月発行
 * Rooftop Detective 2 - Midsummer bodyguard (屋上探偵2 ミッドサマー・ボディガード) - Tomohito Ohsaki (大崎知仁), 2006年10月発行
 * Yamamoto-kun's Distress (山本くんの怪難 北陸魔境勤労記) - Hinako Kakuno (雀野日名子), 2011年2月発行
 * Kuroniko the Exile (流浪刑のクロニコ) - Takahiro Kanno (菅野隆宏), 2013年7月発行
 * Kuroniko the Exile Non-death Penalty and Rakshasa Penalty (流浪刑のクロニコ 不殺刑と羅刹刑) - Takahiro Kanno (菅野隆宏), 2013年11月発行

Trivia

 * Endo's blood type is B.