Gege Akutami

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Gege Akutami (Japanese: 芥見下々, Hepburn: Akutami Gege; born February 26, 1992) is a Japanese manga artist known for the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen.

Gege Akutami was born in Iwate Prefecture, afterwards he moved to Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture in fifth grade. Akutami began drawing manga by mimicking a friend, which inspired him to become a professional manga artist. Akutami has named Tite Kubo as an influence in his work after reading Bleach in fourth grade, in addition to Hunter × Hunter and Neon Genesis Evangelion among other works. In 2014, Gege Akutami started working as an assistant to Yasuhiro Kanō in Kiss x Death.
He published his first work the same year, titled “Kamishiro Sōsa” (神代捜査), a one-shot chapter published in Shueisha’s Jump NEXT! vol. 2 on May 7, 2014. His next work was No.9, with a one-shot chapter published in Jump NEXT! vol. 2 on May 1, 2015, and another one-shot in the 46th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump on October 10, 2015. Akutami would publish the one-shot “Nikai Bongai Barabarjura” (二界梵骸バラバルジュラ) in the 2016 44th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released on October 3, 2016. This one-shot was nominated for the 11th “Gold Future Cup” contest of the magazine…