Hirohiko Araki

Okay, I have to talk about the elephant in the room first: this man does not age. Hirohiko Araki has been drawing JoJo's Bizarre Adventure since 1987, and somewhere along the way he apparently struck a deal with whatever cosmic force keeps Dorian Gray looking fresh. But the no-aging meme almost undersells him. What I love is how relentlessly his art keeps mutating, fashion-magazine poses, those gorgeous painted colors, the whole "JoJo pose" language he basically invented and then dared the rest of manga to catch up. A guy whose loves include Prince and horror movies, who trains and obsesses over panel composition for decades, and still walks off with a government arts prize? That's not a normal mangaka. That's a Stand user. Genuinely lucky to be reading him in real time.

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Hirohiko Araki (real name Toshiyuki Araki) is a Japanese manga artist born on June 7, 1960, in Wakabayashi Ward, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. He made his debut in 1980 in Weekly Shonen Jump after receiving a semi-finalist distinction in the 20th Tezuka Award for his one-shot "Busou Poker." He is best known for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, a long-running series he began in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1987 that has continued across multiple parts, earning him the Grand Prize in the Manga Division of the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2013 and the 69th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize in 2019.

Name (English)

Hirohiko Araki

Name (Japanese)

荒木飛呂彦

Reading

あらき ひろひこ

Real name

荒木利之

Born

June 7, 1960 (age 66)

Origin

Wakabayashi Ward, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Occupation

Manga artist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rat

Blood type

B

Agency

Shueisha (Ultra Jump serialization)

Agency history

Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha), c. 1980–2004

Active years

1980–present

Elementary school

Sendai Municipal Komatsushima Elementary School

Junior high

Sendai Municipal Daihara Junior High School

High school

Tohoku Gakuin Tsutsujigaoka High School

University

Graduated from Sendai Design College; withdrew from Miyagi University of Education

Debut

1980 — Semi-finalist in the 20th Tezuka Award with "Busou Poker," debuting in Weekly Shonen Jump

Awards & achievements

• 1980 20th Tezuka Award — Semi-Finalist (Busou Poker)
• 2006 Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts 100 Selection — Manga Division 2nd Place (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
• 2012 3rd Magazine Grand Prix — Grand Prize (SPUR October 2011 cover)
• 2013 17th Japan Media Arts Festival — Grand Prize, Manga Division (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: Jojolion)
• 2019 69th Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts — Media Arts (Hirohiko Araki Exhibition: JoJo — Ripples of Adventure and others)

Timeline

1. 1960Born in Wakabayashi Ward, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
2. 1980Semi-finalist in the 20th Tezuka Award with "Busou Poker"; debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump
3. 1983Began serialization of Mashonen B.T. in Weekly Shonen Jump
4. 1984Began serialization of Baoh the Visitor
5. 1987Began serialization of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in Weekly Shonen Jump
6. 2005Moved Steel Ball Run from Weekly Shonen Jump to Ultra Jump mid-serialization
7. 2011Began serialization of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: Jojolion
8. 2019Received the 69th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize (Media Arts Division)
9. 2021JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: Jojolion concluded

Spouse

Married (details private)

Children

Two daughters (details private)

Hobbies

• Drawing
• Training (fitness and health management)
• Listening to Western music

Specialties

• Manga creation
• Distinctive poses and fashion illustration

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://jojo-portal.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/araki_jojo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8D%92%E6%9C%A8%E9%A3%9B%E5%91%82%E5%BD%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719354

Tags

• Manga artist
• Miyagi Prefecture
• Sendai
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
• Shueisha
• Ultra Jump
• Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.