<Tr> <Th> Spouse </Th> <Td> Naoko Takeuchi (m . 1999) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Yoshihiro Togashi (冨樫 義博, Togashi Yoshihiro, born April 27, 1966 in Shinjō, Yamagata) is a Japanese manga artist . He began drawing manga at an early age; while he attended college, the publishing company Shueisha recognized his talent . Togashi has authored numerous manga series in different genres during the past three decades . He is perhaps best known for writing and illustrating the YuYu Hakusho and Hunter × Hunter series, both of which have been published in the popular Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine . Togashi is married to Naoko Takeuchi, the author of Sailor Moon . </P> <P> Born in Shinjō, Yamagata, Togashi began drawing manga casually in his first to second year of elementary school . In high school, Togashi joined the fine - arts club; he later enrolled at Yamagata University where he studied education in the hope of becoming a teacher . During college he submitted some of his manga work to Weekly Young Jump, published by Shueisha . In 1986, at age 20, he authored a manga titled Buttobi Straight (ぶっとび ストレート, Buttobi Sutorēto) for which he received the Tezuka Award, the most prestigious award for new comic artists in Japan . Another manga by Togashi titled Jura no Mizuki (ジュラ の ミヅキ) was an honorable mention in Shueisha's first annual Hop Step Award Selection magazine, published in 1988 . After having given up his goal of becoming a teacher, Togashi was contacted by an editor of Weekly Shōnen Jump during his senior year of college, who asked him to move to Tokyo . </P>

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