"Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata : The Suspects of Creating the Death Note..."

"Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata : The Suspects of Creating the Death Note..."

"Tsugumi Obata: The Mysterious Author..."

Tsugumi Ohba (大場つぐみ ) is the author/mangaka of the manga series, Death Note. It is widely speculated that this is a pen name. As mentioned in the Death Note panels, he/she was born in Tokyo, has a hobby of collecting teacups, and develops manga plots day and night on a chair while holding his knees in a way reminiscent of a character in Death Note, L.

Tsugumi Ohba

Based on the information page on deathgod.org, it is strongly believed that Tsugumi Ohba is actually Hiroshi Gamou, author of the JUMP series Tottemo! Luckyman. It is speculated that he chose to hide his identity due to the fact that the Death Note series is very different from his past work. Gamou was born on August 17, 1962 in Tokyo Japan and has blood type B. Some of Gamou's previous assistants included Murata Yuichiro (Eyeshield 21) & Nishi Yoshiyuki (Muhyo & Rosie).

Death Note Cover

"Takeshi Obata : The Bicycle Lover..."

Takeshi Obata was born on February 11, 1969. He is 174 cm tall, 53kg (at the time of Hikaru No Go), blood type AB. In general, Takeshi is famous for his art, as he collaborates with writers. Some of his works include Hikaru No Go (with Yumi Hotta from 1998 to 2003/04), Ayatsuri Sakon (with Sharakumaro), and Arabian Majin Bokentan Lamp Lamp (with Susumu Sendo).

Takeshi Obata

He was sensei to Nobuhiro Watsuki ( Rurouni Kenshin ) and stated in an interview, that he has about 5-6 assistants at a time. For coloring, Obata uses Copic (alcohol based) markers, from the lightest to darkest shades. After the completion of Hikaru No Go, Takeshi paired up with Ohba, and worked on Death Note. His brilliant artwork is known almost to everyone, and sadly, not much is known about him… He likes riding his bicycle .

source: Death Note Anime.com and Deathgod.org