| Name Nonen: | 古舘 春一 |
| Nonus: | ja |
| Birth Date: | 7 March 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Karumai, Iwate, Japan |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Area: | Manga artist |
| Signature: | Furudate Haruichi sign.svg |
| Notable Works: | Haikyu!! |
| Awards: | 61st Shogakukan Manga Award |
| Manga Artist: | y |
is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for creating Haikyu!!, a volleyball-centric manga that has become one of the best-selling manga series of all time, having also been adapted into a number of anime series and films.
Haruichi Furudate was born on March 7, 1983, in Karumai, Iwate.[1] [2] [3] After graduating from high school, he attended in Miyagi Prefecture.[2] In 2008, Furudate wrote the one-shot King Kid, which won an honorable mention for the . In 2010, Furudate launched his first full series in Weekly Shōnen Jump, Philosophy School, Yotsuya Sensei's Ghost Stories.
In the next year, Furudate wrote Haikyu!! starting as two one-shots that were published in Jump NEXT! and Weekly Shōnen Jump in January 2011 and April 2011 respectively.[4] [5] The one-shots were later turned into a full series, which started serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump on February 20, 2012.[6] The series ended in Weekly Shōnen Jump on July 20, 2020.[7] While the series was serializing, it was awarded the 61st Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category[8] and ranked in the top three manga series for the 2015 Sugoi Japan Award.[9] In 2020, the series was in the top five best-selling manga in Japan, with over seven million copies sold.[10] The series has also been given numerous adaptations, notably an anime television series[11] and a stage play.[12]
Furudate was a member of a volleyball club during middle and high school. Furudate often found himself going to school just to participate in the club activities, despite performing below average in classes.[13]