November 20, 1986 -
Kohei Horikoshi
Kohei Horikoshi (å è¶ èå¹³, Horikoshi KÅhei) is a Japanese manga artist known for creating the shÅnen manga series Åmagadoki DÅbutsuen, Barrage and My Hero Academia, all of which are or were serialized in Weekly ShÅnen Jump. Horikoshi is a graduate of Nagoya University of Arts and a native of Aichi Prefecture. He was a former assistant for Yasuki Tanaka, creator and author of the manga series Hitomi no Catoblepas and Kagijin.