One-Punch Man, Vol. 9

Yusuke Murata was born on July 4, 1978 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He is a Japanese manga artist who is best known for illustrating the American football manga Eyeshield 21, in collaboration with writer Riichiro Inagaki. Eyeshield 21 was serialized between July 2002 and June 2009 in Weekly Shonen Jump, and was later adapted into an anime television series. Murata's other major work is his illustration of One's One- Punch Man, serialized in the Weekly Young Jump online version.

Murata debuted as a professional manga artist in 1995 by publishing a one-shot titled Partner in a special edition of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump. For this work, he received the Hop Step Award. Murata published Samui Hanashi in Weekly Shonen Jump in June 1998, which won him the Akatsuka Award. In February 2002, he published Kaito Colt in the same magazine.

Murata has written several one -shot titles such as Eyeshield Part 1 in Weekly Shonen Jump, and Madofuki Park for Jump Square about a futuristic window washer.In 2012, Murata published two one-shots along with a Japanese web comic author dubbed "One"; the first one, Doto no Yushatachi.

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