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Tatsuya Endo (遠藤達哉(えんどうたつや), Endō Tatsuya?), 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.[1]

Career[]

Endo worked as an assistant for the manga series Blue Exorcist, Fire Punch[2] and Attack on Titan[3]. In 2000, he won the 5th Story King (ストーリーキング, Sutōrī Kingu?) award for his one-shot, Seibu Yugi, in the Name category.

Mentors[]

Works[]

Manga[]

Title Format Further Notes
Seibu Yugi (西部遊戯, Seibu Yūgi?, lit. Western Game) One-shot 5th Story King Award Winner.

Published in:

  • Akamaru Jump (Spring 2000)
Gekka Bijin (月華美刃, Gekka Bijin?, lit. Moon Flower Beauty) One-shot The predecessor of the serialized version.

Published in:

  • Weekly Shōnen Jump #51 (2000)
WITCH CRAZE One-shot Published in:
  • Weekly Shōnen Jump #21-22 (2001)
PMG-0 One-shot Published in:
  • Weekly Shōnen Jump #24 (2004)
Rooftop Detective -Octane- (屋上探偵 -オクタン-, Okujō Tantei -Okutan-?) One-shot Illustrated based on a novel by Tomohito Osaki.

Published in:

  • Jump the Revolution! (2006)
TISTA (ティスタ, Tisuta?) Serial Published in:
  • Jump SQ (December 2007-August 2008)
  • 2 volumes
Blade of the Moon Princess (月華美刃, Gekka Bijin?, lit. Moon Flower Beauty) Serial Published in:
  • Jump SQ (June 2010-February 2012)
  • 5 volumes
Rengoku no Ashe (煉獄のアーシェ, Rengoku no Āshe?, lit. Ashe of Purgatory) One-shot Published in:
  • Jump SQ (July 2014)
Ishi ni Usubeni, Tetsu ni Hoshi (石に薄紅、鉄に星, Ishi ni Usubeni, Tetsu ni Hoshi?) One-shot Published in:
  • Jump SQ.Crown (Spring 2017)
I SPY One-shot Published in:
  • Jump SQ (March 2018)
SPY×FAMILY Serial Published in:
  • Shōnen Jump+ (March 25, 2019-present)
  • All of Tatsuya Endo's one-shots released before Rooftop Detective -Octane- were compiled and published in the volume Shiho Yugi: Tatsuya Endo Tanpenshu (四方遊戯 遠藤達哉短編集, Shihō Yūgi: Endō Tatsuya Tanpenshū?), which released on September 4, 2008. (ISBN 9784088745732)
  • In 2023, all volumes of TISTA received English publications by Viz Media. In the same year, the first two volumes of Blade of the Moon Princess have also been released in English, with the third and fourth volumes set to release later in 2024.

Books[]

Illustrations[]

  • Rooftop Detective -Octane- (屋上探偵 -オクタン-, Okujō Tantei -Okutan-?) - Tomohito Ohsaki (大崎知仁, Ōsaki Tomohito?), February 2006
  • Rooftop Detective 2 - Midsummer bodyguard (屋上探偵2 ミッドサマー・ボディガード, Okujō Tantei 2 ・ Middosamā Bodigādo?) - Tomohito Ohsaki (大崎知仁, Ōsaki Tomohito?), October 2006
  • Yamamoto-kun's Distress (山本くんの怪難 北陸魔境勤労記, Yamamoto-kun no Kai Nan Hokuriku Makyō Kinrō-ki?) - Hinako Kakuno (雀野日名子, Kakuno Hinako?), February 2011
  • Kuroniko the Exile (流浪刑のクロニコ, Rurō-kei no Kuroniko?) - Takahiro Kanno (菅野隆宏, Kan'no Takahiro?), 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, Rurō-kei no Kuroniko Fusetsu-kei to Rasetsu-kei?) - Takahiro Kanno (菅野隆宏, Kan'no Takahiro?), November 2013

Trivia[]

  • Endo's blood type is B.
  • Endo likes cats but is allergic to them.
  • Endo is a huge fan of idol groups, particularly the idol group Nogizaka46 and its former member Takayama Kazumi. He has drawn multiple illustrations referencing Takayama, as well as illustrations expressing sadness during the graduation of Takayama and other members.
  • After the graduation of Nogizaka46 members, Endo appears to be a fan of Hinatazaka46 and its captain Sasaki Kumi, attending their concerts and similarly drawing illustrations referencing Sasaki.

References[]

  1. Japanese Wikipedia, Tatsuya Endo
  2. "The Making of a Jump Manga! vol. 7 – Spy × Family"
  3. Hajime Isayama Brut Interview
  4. Yasuhiro Kano Pretty Face Volume 6, Page 206
  5. Yoshiyuki Nishi Muhyo & Roji's BSI Volume 2, Page 114


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