Yuto Kubota
Japanese manga artist and a member of the first graduating class of the manga program at Bunsei University of Art; before debuting, Kubota wrote the name as 久保田雄人. Kubota received an encouragement prize in the Weekly Shōnen Champion newcomer award in 2007 and an honorable mention in the JUMP Treasure Newcomer Manga Award in 2011 for "Instant Hero", then debuted in Jump NEXT! in 2012 with "Instant Heroes". Sporting Salt was the first serialization.