Naoshi Komi

Naoshi Komi is the kind of manga artist who lets the work do all the talking. Growing up in Tsuno, a small mountain town in Kochi Prefecture, and somehow ending up creating one of Weekly Shonen Jump's most beloved rom-coms of the 2010s is a trajectory that still kind of blows my mind. Nisekoi ran for years, week after week, and if you've ever tried to keep even a journal consistently you know how brutal that kind of commitment is. What I find genuinely impressive is how he managed to make readers actually feel something for characters locked in the most contrived fake-dating premise imaginable — that takes real craft, not just a good concept.

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Naoshi Komi is a Japanese manga artist born on March 28, 1986, in Tsuno, Kochi Prefecture. He is best known for his romantic comedy series Nisekoi, which was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump. He studied manga at Art College Kobe, and Nisekoi ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 2011 to 2016.

Name (English)

Naoshi Komi

Name (Japanese)

古味直志

Reading

こみ なおし

Born

March 28, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Tsuno, Kochi Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Manga artist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Tiger

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E5%91%B3%E7%9B%B4%E5%BF%97
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q849446

Tags

• From Kochi Prefecture
• Manga artist

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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