Ko Inoue

Ko Inoue (born May 18, 1949, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. After working as an assistant to Mikiya Mochizuki and Shin Ebara, he debuted in 1969 with 'Hissatsu no Cross Counter' in Weekly Shonen Jump. He made his serialization debut with 'Samurai Giants', written by Ikki Kajiwara and adapted into a TV anime, and went on to draw mainly baseball manga.