Harold Sakuishi

Harold Sakuishi (ハロルド作石) is the pen name of Takahiro Sakuishi, a Japanese manga artist born in Aichi Prefecture. He debuted in 1987 when he won the Excellent Newcomer Award at the 17th Tetsuya Chiba Awards, and had his first hit with the baseball-and-gorilla comedy Gorillaman, which won a Kodansha Manga Award.

He is best known for BECK (1999 to 2008, 34 volumes), a story about a Japanese teenage rock band that won the shonen Kodansha Manga Award and was adapted into anime and live-action film. His other work includes Stopper Busujima and Seven Shakespeares, and he received a Harvey Award International Spotlight Award in 2018.