Aka Akasaka

Aka Akasaka (アカ) is a Japanese manga artist, who is the writer of the Oshi no Ko manga series. He is famous as the author of Kaguya-sama: Love is War series manga.

Background

 * Birthday: August 29, 1988
 * Gender: Male
 * Birthplace: Sado, Niigata, Japan
 * Occupation: mangaka, illustrator, character designer, writer

Manga

 * Kawaii Anata (ClownBerry) (カワイイアナタ) (author)
 * Robotics;Notes - Dengeki Comic Anthology (ROBOTICS;NOTES 電撃コミックアンソロジー) (author and illustrator)
 * Hayai Hanashi ga Ikutsuka (早い話がいくつか) (2010) (original creator, one-shot)
 * On-site ☆ Report (2011) (original creator)
 * Ib: Instant Bullet (ib －インスタントバレット－) (2011 - 2012) (original creator, published in Dengeki Maoh)
 * Goodbye Piano Sonata (さよならピアノソナタ) (2013 - 2015) (illustrator, story by Hikaru Sugii, character design by Ryō Ueda, published in Dengeki Maoh)
 * Kaguya-sama: Love is War (かぐや様は告らせたい ～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦) (2015 - 2022) (original creator, published in Weekly Young Jump)
 * Oshi no Ko (【推しの子】) (2020 - present) (story, illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari, published in Weekly Young Jump)
 * Ren'ai Daikō (恋愛代行) (2023–scheduled) (story, illustrated by Nishizawa 5mm)

Light Novels

 * Mojo-kai no I-do-la na Nichijou (も女会の不適切〈アイ・ド・ラ〉な日常) (2012) (illustrator)
 * Ren'ai Hero (恋愛ヒーロー) (2013) (illustrator)

Video Games

 * Wonderful Everyday (background assets)

Music Video

 * Nihonbashi Koukashita R Keikaku (日本橋高架下R計画) (2012) (original character designer)

Trivia

 * Akasaka also provided the concept art for IA and ONE, who are vocaloids.
 * He likes playing Apex Legends in his leisure time; he even participates in many amateur tournaments for fans.