Eguchi Hisashi

Name (in native language)
江口寿史
Associated Names
Egutchi Hisashi
Eguti Hisasi
えぐちひさし
江口寿監

He made his professional manga debut with “Osorubeki Kodomo-tachi” in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1977. Later in the same year he started serializing Susume!! Pirates.

In 1995, he founded the "alternative" yearly comic magazine Comic Cue.
Once crowned as the most late mangaka to meet the deadline, the 2nd best was KOBAYASHI Makoto.

Was once under Horie Nobuhiko’s editorial team.
A fan of Yamagai Tatsuhiko and was his assistant.

Ichijo Yuko, Nishiaki Grin & Kono Tetsuro were his assistants.

Friends with Inoue Masaharu, Tamura Shin, Otomo Katsuhiro and Kamijo Atsushi.