Masayuki Yoshikawa
Former Japanese manga artist born in 1974 in Tochigi Prefecture and a protégé of Makoto Niwano. Yoshikawa debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1998 with "Taekwondo Shihan!! Kagami-kun no Kakato Otoshi", which had won the Tenka-ichi Manga Award. After leaving manga, Yoshikawa worked for a design company in Tochigi (as of 2010) and designed Kuroro and Yumena, mascot characters for Kurodahara in Nasu.