Ken Akamatsu

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July 05, 1968

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Ken Akamatsu (赤松健, Akamatsu Ken, July 5, 1968 -) is a Japanese mangaka from Tokyo.

In his teenage years, Akamatsu failed the entrance exam to Tokyo University, and applied for Film Study instead (it is speculated that this is where he got the idea for Love Hina). Eventually, he became famous as an illustrator featured in Comiket (short for Comic Market, a comic convention bi-annually held in Japan). He used the pen name Awa Mizuno (水野亜和, MIZUNO Awa). Akamatsu, still in college, then proceeded to win the Weekly Shonen Magazine award twice. His "A Kid's Game for One Summer" was awarded the coveted 50th Shonen Magazine Newcomer's Award soon after he graduated.

After a big hit with A.I. Love You, he finally made a grand success with his new man...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 27,799 ratings · 507 reviews · 95 distinct works · Similar authors

	Love Hina, Volume 1 by Ken Akamatsu, 赤松健 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 5,516 ratings — published 1999 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Negima!: Magister Negi Magi, Volume 1 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,704 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Hina, Vol. 3 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 1,146 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Hina, Volume 6 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 1,081 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Hina, Volume 5 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 1,037 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Hina, Volume 2 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,036 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Hina, Volume 4 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 904 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Hina, Volume 7 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 770 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Hina, Volume 8 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 727 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Hina Volume 13 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 660 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Ken Akamatsu

Love Hina (14 books)
by Ken Akamatsu
3.874561623246493 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 15,968 ratings

Negima!: Magister Negi Magi (38 books)
by Ken Akamatsu, Steve Palmer (Illustrator), Toshifumi Yoshida (Translator)
4.137736911240383 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 10,658 ratings

A.I. Love You (8 books)
by Ken Akamatsu
3.5890625 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 640 ratings

Negima!? Neo (7 books)
by Ken Akamatsu, Takuya Fujiyama (Illustrator)
3.918103448275862 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 232 ratings

Mao-chan (2 books)
by Ken Akamatsu, RAN (Illustrator)
3.5365853658536586 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 41 ratings

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Quotes by Ken Akamatsu

“Captain's Log...

...Four days have passed with no sign of human life on this island. Hunger is about to push me to the point of...

...Eating pocket lint.

It looks edible.”
― Ken Akamatsu, Love Hina 13

tags: hina, keitaro, kitsune, love, motoko, mutsumi, naru, narusegawa, nyamo, paraparakelse, sarah, seta, shinobu, su, turtle, urashima

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“What is [insert name here]? Does it taste good?”
― Ken Akamatsu, Love Hina 13

tags: hina, humor, love, su, turtle

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