is one of the best-selling and the longest-running shōjo manga of all time.
He made his debut as a professional manga artist in 1973 with Mishiranu hōmon-sha in the shōjo magazine Bessatsu Margaret.
[4] In the early 1980s, he met ballet dancer Yoshimi Yamada and got married.
His manga Tonde Saitama has been adapted into a live-action film starring musician Gackt in 2019 and with himself appearing in the opening scene.
Because of excessive alcohol consumption, he had health problems with his liver in February 2016 and was forced to undergo medical treatment.