Yuji Shiozaki

nihongo|Yuji Shiozaki|雄二 塩崎|Shiozaki Yūji|born September 7, 1967 is Japanese manga author. He is best-known for the manga series "Ikki Tousen", also known as "Battle Vixens" in English.

Biography

Shiozaki made his debut in Shueisha's "Young Jump". After creating several series for Shueisha, including "Karen" (1997-1998), "Happy Man" (1999), and "Nikkan Tachibana" (2000) in seinen magazines aimed at businessmen, he left Shueisha in 2000 to create "Ikki Tousen" for Wani Books. With the success of "Ikki Tousen", he has since published a variety of series for different publishers, including a version of Zoids called "Zoids ZI" (2002-2003), "Battle Club" (2004), and "Frontier Roots" (2004). The most successful of these has been "Battle Club", which is noted for its extensive fan service, but his main project remains "Ikki Tousen".

His stated hobbies include baseball, traveling abroad, and vegetable gardening.

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