Japanese Name: 井上雄彦

Place of Birth: Kagoshima, Kyuushuu

Gender: Male

Information for Authors: His real name is NARIAI Takehiko (成合雄彦). Inoue Takehiko first started playing basketball in high school as a means to winning attention from the opposite sex, he was in kendo club in elementary school and junior high. After being immersed in the competitive sport, he became a huge basketball fan. His love for the sport can be easily seen both from his choice in using it as a central theme in his works, as well as the unmistakable ability in capturing the details of it all. He went to Kumamoto University but dropped out, and became assistant to [HOJO Tsukasa](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=350) for ten months during [City Hunter](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2252). [HARA Yasuhisa](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=4961), [TATSUZAWA Katsumi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=6613), [MIHARA Kazuto](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=36923) and [YUKI Izumi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=5819) are former assistants of his. [MIZUSHIMA Shinji](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=5628)’s [Dokaben](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=84088) was one of the works that made him wanted to become a mangaka. Slam Dunk’s Ikegami Ryoji is from [IKEGAMI Ryoichi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=930). He is the artist for the X360 RPG "Lost Odyssey". Married and has a son.