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Hiroya Oku

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born

September 16, 1967 in Fukuoka, Japan

gender

male

genre

Manga, Young Adult, Seinen

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Hiroya Oku (奥浩哉 Oku Hiroya, born September 16, 1967 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka) is a mangaka who is the creator of Gantz, Zero-One and HEN, all of which have been serialized in Young Jump. He is currently working on Phase 3 of Gantz, due to be released in October 2009. His manga often contain explicit violence and gore, as well as sexual situations.

He won the second prize of the Youth Manga Awards in 1988, under the penname Yahiro Kuon.

He designed a character for Namco Bandai's Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 fighting game, Soulcalibur IV named Shura.

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Books by Hiroya Oku

Average rating: 4.19 · 3,705 ratings · 110 reviews · 54 distinct works

	Gantz, Vol. 1 3.93 avg rating — 631 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Gantz, Volume 2 4.13 avg rating — 255 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Gantz /3 by Hiroya Oku, Marc Bernabé (Translator), Verònica Calafell (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Gantz Vol. 4 (Gantz) 4.21 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Gantz Vol. 5 (Gantz) 4.21 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Gantz Vol. 7 (Gantz) 4.27 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Gantz Vol. 6 (Gantz) 4.24 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Gantz /10 by Hiroya Oku, Marc Bernabé (Translator), Verònica Calafell (Translator) 4.29 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Gantz /9 by Hiroya Oku, Marc Bernabé (Translator), Verònica Calafell (Translator) 4.29 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Gantz 8 4.24 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	My rating: