Juzo Kawai
Juzo Kawai received an honorable mention at the 72nd Tezuka Award (second half of 2006) for "Punch Drunk Monk", submitted under the name 河井十三. Kawai debuted with the one-shot "Chimimōryō Yūgen Shōnen" in Akamaru Jump's Winter 2008 issue. Takamagahara first appeared as one-shots in Akamaru Jump (2009) and in Weekly Shōnen Jump as an entry in the 7th Gold Future Cup (2011) before being serialized in 2012.