Mashima Hiro

Name In Native Language: 真島ヒロ

Birthdate: May 3, 1977

Mashima Hiro first gained success with Rave Master, serialized in Koudansha's Weekly Shounen Magazine from 1999 to 2005. His best-selling work, Fairy Tail, published in the same magazine from 2006 to 2017, became one of the best-selling manga series ever with over 72 million copies in print. Mashima began the currently ongoing EDENS ZERO in 2018.

Mashima is known for many things, but his big three tend to be an artstyle reminiscent of One Piece, a love for the power of friendship, and a strong work ethic - at one point, he wrote six chapters of Fairy Tail in two weeks, and even recently simultaneously balanced drawing EDENS ZERO, doing storyboards for Fairy Tail spinoffs, and playing video games in his spare time.