is a Japanese manga artist. His best known works are ' which was published in Weekly Shà Ânen Jump from 1995 to 1997 and which was adapted into a 48-episode anime series produced by Magic Bus; and Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar which was also serialized in Weekly Shà Ânen Jump between 2000 and 2010, adapted into an anime film and a live action film in 2008.