Japanese Name: 遠藤達哉

Place of Birth: Ibaraki, Japan

Gender: Male

Information for Authors: Won the 5th Shuukan Shounen Jump’s Story King with Seibu Yuugi and made his debut in the spring issue of Akamaru Jump in 2000. Gekka Bijin oneshot debuted in the 51st issue of Weekly Shounen Jump in 2000. Worked as an assistant for KANO Yasuhiro on Pretty Face & NISHI Yoshiyuki on Muhyo & Roji. After serialization of Gekka Bijin was finished in 2012, he worked as an assistant for other Jump SQ mangaka such as KATOU Kazue, FUJIMOTO Tatsuki, KAKU Yuuji & Amyuu. He also worked under ISAYAMA Hajime and NOMURA Yuusuke. His longtime editor and close friend Lin Shihei feels that experiencing as an assistant for different artists will improve Endo’s overall drawing ability. In 2018 he wrote ISpy which inspired Spy X Family. His favorite manga artists are TORIYAMA Akira, NISHIMORI Hiroyuki, & MOCHIZUKI Minetaro. TAKAKI Tsuyoshi, YAMAGISHI Sai, YOSUGA Itsuki and KONISHI Mafuyu were once his assistants. His hobbies, special skills, and things he can be proud of are skiing, basketball, ball games using rackets, repeated horizontal jumps, sleep, mouth ulcer creation, and health destruction.