Japanese Name: 島本和彦

Place of Birth: Ikeda, Hokkaido, Japan

Gender: Male

Information for Authors: [BlueSky](https://bsky.app/profile/simakazu.bsky.social) Real name: TEZUKA Hidehiko Growing up influenced by [TEZUKA Osamu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=1356) and [ISHINOMORI Shotaro](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2835). A big fan of [Kamen Rider](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=49130) since he was a child, he criticized [EGAWA Tatsuya](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=72)’s comicalization of “Kamen Rider The First” as a low quality product. Was an assistant to [ADACHI Mitsuru](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=85) and [SHINTANI Kaoru](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=4414). [FUJIHARA Masayuki](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=18216), [YAMASHITA Tetsuo](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=6520), [MIZUTANI Naoki](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=1594), [WATANABE Michiaki](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=658) and [KUBONOUCHI Eisaku](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=1107) were once his assistants. Classmates with [SHIROW Masamune](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=827), [ANNO Hideaki](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=18363) and [AKAI Takami](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=5091) at Osaka University of Arts. [YANO Kentaro](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=9362) was his senior while [KATSU Aki](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=100) and [Meimu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=1811) were his juniors. Friends with [YUUKI Masami](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=763), [FUJITA Kazuhiro](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=1738), [IPPONGI Bang](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=12106), [Moo. Nenbei](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=16662) and [IGARASHI Yumiko](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=559).