Takehiko Inoue

井上雄彦

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/inouetake?s=09) | [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/inouetake88/) Takehiko Inoue is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for the basketball series [Slam Dunk](https://anilist.co/manga/30051/), which is one of the best-selling manga series in history, and the samurai manga [Vagabond](https://anilist.co/manga/30656/). Many of his works are about basketball, Inoue himself being a huge fan of the sport. His works sold in North America through Viz Media are Slam Dunk, Vagabond and [Real](https://anilist.co/manga/30657/), although Slam Dunk was earlier translated by Gutsoon! Entertainment. In 2012, Inoue became the first recipient of the Cultural Prize at the Asia Cosmopolitan Awards. Before his debut, Inoue was an assistant to [Tsukasa Houjou](https://anilist.co/staff/97623/) on [City Hunter](https://anilist.co/manga/30792/). He made his debut in 1988, when Purple Kaede appeared in Weekly Shounen Jump magazine. It won the 35th annual Tezuka Award. His first serialization was in 1989 with [Chameleon Jail](https://anilist.co/manga/31611/), for which he was the illustrator of a story written by Kazuhiko Watanabe. Inoue's first real fame came with h

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