Who is Tsugumi Ohba, creator of Death Note?

Who is Tsugumi Ohba

Working exclusively with artist Takeshi Obata, Ohba created Death Note, a psychological thriller about a notebook that kills whoever's name is written in it, which became a global phenomenon. Bakuman, about the manga industry itself, and Platinum End followed.

大場つぐみ

Their series in the Jump

2 series, from the first to the last

Death Note

2003–2006Writer (with Obata)

Death Note

Light Yagami finds a notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it and sets out to rid the world of criminals, until the detective L picks up his trail.

12volumes

108chapters

7times it opened the magazine

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Death Note debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 1 · 2004, on sale December 1, 2003. That same issue also carried Kochikame, One Piece and Naruto. Its last chapter in the magazine, number 108, ran in No. 24 · 2006 (May 15, 2006), after 2 and a half years of serialization.

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Bakuman.

2008–2012Writer (with Obata)

Bakuman.

Middle schoolers Mashiro and Takagi team up as a manga duo determined to land a hit series in the Jump.

20volumes

176chapters

14times it opened the magazine

DramaSlice of LifeManga industry

Bakuman. debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 37 · 2008, on sale August 11, 2008. That same issue also carried Kochikame, One Piece and Naruto. Its last chapter in the magazine, number 176, ran in No. 21 · 2012 (April 23, 2012), after 3 and a half years of serialization.

Full series page Vol. 1

Dates are the day each issue went on sale in Japan. Open one to see the full issue: if it matches your birthday, that is your Jump.