Who is Yoshihiro Togashi, creator of Hunter × Hunter?

Who is Yoshihiro Togashi

He is celebrated for his complex characters, deep lore and unconventional storytelling, but also famous for the extended hiatuses of Hunter × Hunter due to health issues. Despite this, HxH is considered one of the greatest manga ever written.

富樫義博 Born 1966

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2 series, from the first to the last

Yu Yu Hakusho

1990–1994Writer & Artist

Yu Yu Hakusho

Delinquent Yusuke Urameshi dies saving a child and comes back to life as a Spirit Detective hunting demons.

19volumes

175chapters

8times it opened the magazine

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Yu Yu Hakusho debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 51 · 1990, on sale November 20, 1990. That same issue also carried Kochikame, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Dragon Ball. Its last chapter in the magazine, number 175, ran in No. 32 · 1994 (July 12, 1994), after 3 and a half years of serialization.

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Hunter × Hunter

1998–nowWriter & ArtistRunning

Hunter × Hunter

Gon leaves his island to become a Hunter like his father and takes on the brutal Hunter Exam.

37volumes

420chapters so far

7times it opened the magazine

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Hunter × Hunter debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 14 · 1998, on sale March 2, 1998. That same issue also carried Kochikame, One Piece and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It is still running: the latest chapter, number 420, came out in No. 41 · 2026 (September 7, 2026). In the 2026 TOC ranking (its average position in the table of contents) it is 17th of 20 running series, averaging 15.6 over the last 8 issues.

Full series page Vol. 1

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