[1][2] His great-grandfather was a military settler in Hokkaido and veteran of the Russo-Japanese War; Noda named the protagonist of his manga series Golden Kamuy after him.
[4][5] His second one-shot story, 2006's Gōrī wa Mae Shika Mukanai (ゴーリーは前しか向かない, "The Goalie Always Faces Front"), won a Tetsuya Chiba Award [ja] in the Young Artist division.
[3] The series would become a widespread critical and commercial success, and won the Manga Taishō in 2016[7] and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2018.
[4] Noda cites JoJo's Bizarre Adventure creator Hirohiko Araki[a] and the manga Keiji, Kinnikuman, and Bloody Stumps Samurai [jp] as among his influences.
[4] Hallmarks of his work include visual references to pop culture, and narratives that juxtapose gag comedy against violent or dramatic moments.