Ton Okawara
Ton Okawara (real name Masatoshi Okawara) is a Japanese manga artist born on January 3, 1968, in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. Okawara received a Jun-Nyūsen award at the 5th New Fresh Jump Award in 1985 and an honorable mention at the 37th Tezuka Award in 1989; Kaosu Kanburiya placed third in Jump's 2nd Newcomer Pirate Cup in 1995 before being serialized, and Okawara later created the long-running Ō-sama no Shitateya (Super Jump and Grand Jump, 2003–2024).