Shūzō Oshimi

Shūzō Oshimi (born March 19, 1981, in Kiryū, Gunma Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist and writer based in Tokyo, publishing primarily through Kodansha. He won the Tetsuya Chiba Award in 2001 and debuted professionally in 2002. He is best known for The Flowers of Evil (2009-2014), Drifting Net Cafe (2008-2011), Happiness (2015-2019) and Blood on the Tracks (2017-2023), works exploring psychological and coming-of-age themes, several of which have been adapted into anime, television drama and live-action film.