Yuichi Itakura

Yuichi Itakura worked as an assistant to Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto) and Yusuke Murata (Eyeshield 21). Itakura received a judges' special prize in Jump's Tenka-ichi Manga Award for October 2001, judged by Takeshi Obata, for "Hanko-teki Eiyū Rinshan". Hand's appeared as one-shots in Akamaru Jump (2005) and Weekly Shōnen Jump (2006) before its serialization.

• Hand's (2006–2007)