Yūki Tabata

Japanese manga artist

Yūki Tabata

田畠裕基

Born| Fukuoka Prefecture
Nationality| Japanese
Area(s)| Manga artist

Notable works

| Black Clover
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Yūki Tabata (Japanese: 田畠裕基, Hepburn: Tabata Yūki) is a Japanese manga artist. After working as an assistant to Toshiaki Iwashiro, he created the one-shot Hungry Joker, which was later serialized as a full series. After its conclusion, he launched Black Clover.

## Biography[edit]

Yūki Tabata was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1] Before launching his own series, he worked as an assistant to Toshiaki Iwashiro.[2] In 2011, Tabata entered the one-shot Hungry Joker in the Golden Future Cup [ja], which earned first place in the award.[1] This one-shot was later turned into a full series, which ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 2012 to 2013.[3][4]

Following Hungry Joker's completion, Tabata published another one-shot, titled Black Clover, in Shōnen Jump Next!!.[5] This one-shot was later turned into a full series, which started serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump on February 16, 2015.[6] Soon after Black Clover's debut as a full series, Tabata got married.[1] In the first half of 2017, Black Clover was the 28th best-selling manga in Japan.[7] One year later, the entire Black Clover media franchise was the 24th best-selling media franchise in Japan.[8] The series has been given numerous adaptations, notably an anime television series.[9]

## Style[edit]

Tabata stated that when making stories, he wants to give each character a chance in the spotlight.[10] When it comes to the characters, he likes to give each a defining trait to make them memorable to the reader. As for their designs, he stated that he likes to have fun drawing, so if part of a character's design frustrates him, he changes it.[10]

## Influences[edit]

Tabata has cited Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball as a major influence over his work, even stating it was one of the main reasons he decided to become a manga artist.[11] Tabata has also cited Kentaro Miura's Berserk[12] and Tite Kubo's Bleach as sources of inspiration.[13]

## Works[edit]

* Hungry Joker (2012–2013) (serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump)[1]
* Black Clover (ブラッククローバー, Burakku Kurōbā) (2015–present) (serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump)[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e Tabata, Yūki (June 7, 2016). "About the Author". Black Clover. Vol. 1\. Viz Media. p. 1\. ISBN 978-1-42-158718-9.
2. ^ "Yūki Tabata". Manga News (in French). Retrieved July 10, 2021.
3. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 31, 2010). "Shonen Jump to Launch 3 New Manga Series in November". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
4. ^ ｢LIGHT WING｣の神海英雄、ジャンプで吹奏楽マンガ連載. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 13, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
5. ^ "ベル坊が帰ってきた「べるぜバブ」番外編の連載、NEXT!!で". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 7, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
6. ^ Valdez, Kiara (January 29, 2015). "Shonen Jump to Launch 4 Manga, Including Detective Story by Psyren's Iwashiro". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
7. ^ Loo, Egan (June 1, 2017). "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2017 (First Half)". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
8. ^ Loo, Egan (June 26, 2018). "Top-Selling Media Franchises in Japan: 2018 (First Half)". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
9. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 17, 2016). "Yūki Tabata's Black Clover Manga Gets TV Anime by Studio Pierrot (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
10. ^ a b Bae, John (March 20, 2019). "Jump Festa 2019 Interview - Yūki Tabata". Viz Media. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
11. ^ Drouard, Elodie (September 18, 2018). "" C'est 'Dragon Ball' qui m'a donné envie de faire ce métier " : entretien avec Yûki Tabata, l'auteur du shōnen manga " Black Clover "". France TV Info (in French). Retrieved July 10, 2021.
12. ^ Chéry, Lloyd (July 7, 2018). "Black Clover, le meilleur manga de fantasy expliqué par son auteur" [Black Clover, the best fantasy manga explained by its author]. Le Point (in French). Archived from the original on May 2, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
13. ^ Whalen, Amanda (August 22, 2018). "Shōnen Jump Authors Comment on Bleach Ending". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 11, 2021. "Yūki Tabata of Black Clover wrote, "It had a lot of influence on me. Kubo-sensei, serializing it for such a long time must have been a lot of work!""

## External links[edit]

* Yūki Tabata at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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* Season 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* Sword of the Wizard King

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* Asta
* Noelle Silva
* Yami Sukehiro

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* "Paint It Black"
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