Who is Takehiko Inoue, creator of Slam Dunk?

Who is Takehiko Inoue

The series sparked a basketball boom across Asia in the 1990s and continues to attract new generations of fans, as proven by the record-breaking 2022 film The First Slam Dunk. Inoue is also celebrated for Vagabond and Real.

井上雄彦 Born 1967

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From the first chapter to the last

Slam Dunk

1990–1996Writer & Artist

Slam Dunk

Hanamichi Sakuragi, a red-haired delinquent, joins the basketball club to impress a girl and discovers a raw talent for the game.

31volumes

276chapters

24times it opened the magazine

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Slam Dunk debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 42 · 1990, on sale September 18, 1990. That same issue also carried Kochikame, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Dragon Ball. Its last chapter in the magazine, number 276, ran in No. 27 · 1996 (June 4, 1996), after 5 and a half years of serialization.

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