| Akihito Tsukushi | |
| Native Name: | つくしあきひと |
| Birth Name: | Shigeya Suzuki (鈴木茂也) |
| Birth Date: | 5 May 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation: | Illustrator, manga artist |
| Notable Works: | Made in Abyss |
| Signature: | Tsukushi Akihito sign.svg |
Shigeya Suzuki (鈴木茂也, Suzuki Shigeya, born May 5, 1979),[1] more commonly known under his pseudonym Akihito Tsukushi (つくしあきひと, Tsukushi Akihito) is a Japanese illustrator, manga artist and designer from Sagamihara, Kanagawa. Suzuki also goes by the name Ichimi Tokusa (とくさ一味, Tokusa Ichimi).
Tsukushi hails from the Kanagawa Prefecture, attending Tachibana Gakuen High School before graduating from Tokyo Design Academy in illustration. He worked at Konami from 2000 to 2010 before becoming a freelance illustrator. During his time at Konami, he primarily worked in animation and designing the interface of titles such as Elebits, and the character design for the Nintendo DS game and the anime Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin.[2] [3]
After leaving Konami, Tsukushi began drawing manga, debuting in 2011 in the dōjinshi From Star Strings (スターストリングスより).[2] In 2012, Takeshobo began serializing his manga Made in Abyss (メイドインアビス) on their Web Comic Gamma website.[4] It would later receive an anime adaptation in 2017.[5] [6]
His work is characterized by detailed descriptions and narrative drawings. He cites Norman Rockwell as a person he admires.[7]