Mangaka Profile

Haruichi Furudate: The Mind Behind Haikyu!!

Haruichi Furudate was born in Karumai, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Having played as a middle blocker during junior high and high school, Furudate poured authentic personal volleyball experience into creating Haikyu!!.

Career & Haikyu!! Legacy

Furudate debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump with the horror-mystery series "Kiben Gakuha, Yotsuya-senpai no Kaidan" before launching Haikyu!! in February 2012.

Over eight years of serialization, Haikyu!! became one of the best-selling manga series in history, with over 60 million copies in circulation worldwide. It won the prestigious 61st Shogakukan Manga Award for Best Shōnen Manga in 2016.

Artistic Style and Realism

Furudate is renowned for masterful visual storytelling: dramatic motion perspective, kinetic motion blur, anatomical accuracy of jump postures, and the ability to give every player on court an emotional narrative arc.