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Tsugumi Ohba

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Also known as Ōba Tsugumi

Japanese manga writer

OverviewAI-generated

Tsugumi Ohba is a Japanese male writer born in Tokyo in 1950. His native name is written as 大場 つぐみ, and in kana as おおば つぐみ. He speaks, writes, and signs in Japanese. Ohba began his work period in 2003.

He is the writer of the manga Death Note and Bakuman. His notable works also include Platinum End. Ohba was born in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, and holds Japanese citizenship.

Synthesized by Vinony from 13 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
151

Top works

  • Bakuman 5
  • Death Note
  • DEATH NOTE 6
  • 映画ノベライズ DEATH NOTE Light up the NEW world
  • Death Note #1-13

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Writing · Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Tsugumi Ohba is the writer of the manga Death Note and Bakuman。.

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
Japan

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
470
Total plays
32,214

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tsugumi+Ohba">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Tsugumi Ohba

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Induction of Colonic Regulatory T Cells by Indigenous <i>Clostridium</i> Species

    · 2011 · cited 3,387x

  2. IRF-7 is the master regulator of type-I interferon-dependent immune responses

    · 2005 · cited 1,924x

  3. DAI (DLM-1/ZBP1) is a cytosolic DNA sensor and an activator of innate immune response

    · 2007 · cited 1,457x

  4. Yeast Gcn5 functions in two multisubunit complexes to acetylate nucleosomal histones: characterization of an Ada complex and the SAGA (Spt/Ada) complex.

    · 1997 · cited 910x

  5. Integral role of IRF-5 in the gene induction programme activated by Toll-like receptors

    · 2005 · cited 849x

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Key facts

Born
Tokyo , Japan
Area
Manga writer
Notable works
Death Note , Bakuman , Platinum End
Collaborators
Takeshi Obata
Awards
Eagle Award for Favourite Manga for Death Note

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Japan
Place of birth
Tokyo
Languages spoken
Japanese
Notable work
Platinum End
Said to be same as
Hiroshi Gamō
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name in native language
大場 つぐみ
date of birth
1950-00-00
start of work period
2003-00-00
name in kana
おおば つぐみ
Sources (2)

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Encyclopedic overview

Tsugumi Ohba (Japanese: 大場 つぐみ, Hepburn: Ōba Tsugumi) is the pen name of a Japanese manga writer, best known for authoring the Death Note manga series with illustrator Takeshi Obata from 2003 to 2006, which has 30 million collected volumes in circulation. The duo's second series, Bakuman (2008–2012), was also successful with 15 million in circulation. In 2014, Ohba collaborated with My Little Monster creator Robico for the one-shot "Skip! Yamada-kun". Another series with Obata, Platinum End, was serialized in the monthly Jump SQ from November 4, 2015, to January 4, 2021.

Identity

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tsugumi Ohba” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Available in 33 languages

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