Yusuke Murata

— Yusuke Murata

Murata in November of 2019

Yusuke Murata (村田 雄介, Murata Yūsuke); born July 4, 1978; is a Japanese mangaka. He is best known for his work in illustrating the redrawn version of One-Punch Man as well as in collaboration with Richiko Minagaki, illustrating Eyeshield 21. He is perhaps most well known for his intensely detailed drawings.

Born in Miyagi, Japan, Murata went to elementary school in Yagiyamayayoicho, and high school in Tokyo. In junior high school, he applied for the action game "Mega Man 4: New Ambition! and "Mega man 5: Blues' Trap!?" and was accepted for Dust Man and Crystal Man respectively. Moreover, at the age of 12, he was accepted for "Mega Man 3: The Return of Dr. Wily!?", and his name was credited in the staff roll at the ending.

Drawing Speed

Murata is revered for his drawing speed, which he delivers without significantly compromising quality. In 2017, he stated that a usual page takes him around 1.5 hours. In the years since, he has claimed on Twitter that he's become even faster as he is constantly practicing.^{[citation needed]}

Works

Title	Year	Publisher(s)	Notes	Ref.
Grow (画-ROW, Garou)	1998		Assistant, Akitsugu Mizumoto
Partner	1995
Samui Hanashi (魔界のオッサン)	1998
Kaitō Colt	2002
Eyeshield 21	2002		one-shot with Riichiro Inagaki
Eyeshield 21	2002–2009		series with Riichiro Inagaki
Madofuki Park	2008		one-shot
Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo R	2008–2010
Blust!	2009
Minds	2010
Donten Prism Solar Car	2010–2011		series with Yasuo Ōtagaki
Angry Warriors (怒涛の勇者達 Dotō no Yūshatachi)	2012	Shueisha	one-shot with ONE
Bullet Angel Fan Club (弾丸天使ファンクラブ Dangan Tenshi Fan Club)	2012	Jump Comics	one-shot with ONE
One-Punch Man (ワンパンマン Wanpanman)	2012–present	Shueisha (Japanese) Viz Media (English)	Manga remake, written by ONE
Cockroaches Buster (ゴキブリバスター Gokiburi Buster)	2015	Square Enix	With Yusuke Murata
Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #4	2015		manga variant cover
Spider-Island #3	2015		manga variant cover
Spider-Verse	2016		Japanese Edition cover
Back to the Future Comic	Canceled
Bullet Angel Fan Club (弾丸天使ファンクラブ Dangan Tenshi Fan Club)	2017	Jump Comics	one-shot with Yusuke Murata; Rereleased
Monster of Earth (地球の怪獣 Chikyū no Kaijū)	2013	Self-published	With ONE and Kinu Nishimura
Science vs. Magic	2019	Weekly Shonen Jump	one-shot with Inu Korosuke

Trivia

• As of 2016, Murata's favorite characters were the Deep Sea King and Boros because of the impact they left on the One-Punch Man world and series.
• Murata's least favorite character is Sweet Mask, so he draws him as handsomely as possible in order to grow to like him more.
• The first recorded interaction between ONE and Murata was on Twitter, and can be found here.
• Murata was inspired by Akira Toriyama, the mangaka of Dragon Ball, to become a mangaka.
• One of Murata's earliest achievements was winning character design contests for Mega Man 4 and Mega Man 5 when he was a young teenager. These two characters, Dust Man and Crystal Man, were based on Murata's artwork.