His most popular serial, Cromartie High School, ran in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 2001 to 2006.
The serial won Eiji the 2002 Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category.
[1] In 2003, it was a jury selection in the seventh annual Japan Media Arts Festival.
[2] That same year, an animated series based on the serial premiered on TV Tokyo.
ADV Manga published English translations of the first 12 volumes in 2005–2007; the first four of these were nominated for a 2006 Eisner Award in the category "Best U.S.