Paru Itagaki

[4] She cites Disney movies and the artists Nicolas de Crécy and Egon Schiele as among her early influences.

[5] That same year, Weekly Shōnen Champion began serializing Itagaki's critically and commercially acclaimed series Beastars.

In January 2025, Itagaki began serializing a new manga titled Taika no Risei in the 7th issue of Weekly Shōnen Champion.

[8] Itagaki is highly private about her personal life, and wears a chicken mask to obscure her face at all public appearances.

[4][9] Itagaki confirmed these reports in a joint interview with her father in the September 2019 issue of Weekly Shonen Champion, stating that she did not wish to disclose her parentage until she was established in the manga industry in order to avoid accusations of nepotism.