The duo started out as assistants to Motohiro Kato, before being put in charge of illustrations on Alive: The Final Evolution.
[1] After graduating from college, they moved to Tokyo and submitted their work to the Monthly Jump editorial department.
[3] An anime television series adaptation was announced, but later canceled following Gonzo's delisting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
[2] The result was Noragami, which was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Magazine from December 2010 to January 2024.
[9][10] In 2020, they wrote a manga series as part of a collaboration by multiple Japanese companies to stop piracy.