Shin Kibayashi Explained

Shin Kibayashi
Birth Date:	22 July 1962
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Nationality:	Japanese
Known For:	Psychometrer Eiji The Kindaichi Case Files GetBackers Drops of God
Occupation:	manga storywriter, novelist and screenwriter

is a Japanese manga storywriter, novelist and screenwriter. Under the name Yuma Ando, he received the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for writing Kunimitsu no Matsuri.^[1] The pen name "Tadashi Agi" (亜樹 直) is shared with his sister . He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi Senior High School and Waseda University School of Economics & Political Science.

Pen names

Besides the main pen-name of "Tadashi Agi", Shin Kibayashi also goes by other pen names:

• Seimaru Amagi (天樹征丸 Amagi Seimaru)
• Yuma Ando (安童夕馬 Andō Yūma)
• Yuya Aoki (青樹佑夜 Aoki Yūya)
• Jōji Arimori (有森丈時 Arimori Jōji)
• Hiroaki Igano (伊賀大晃 Igano Hiroaki)
• Ryō Ryūmon (龍門諒 Ryūmon Ryō)
• S.K

Works

As Seimaru Amagi

• (1992–present, Kodansha), original idea; English translation: Kindaichi Case Files (2004–2008, Tokyopop)
• (2001–2005, Kodansha)
• (2002–2004, Kodansha); English translation: Remote (2004–2006, Tokyopop)
• (2014–2017, DeNA)^[2]
• (2016–ongoing, Shogakukan)
• (2021–ongoing, Kodansha)^[3]

As Tadashi Agi

• (1994–1995, Kodansha)
• (1995–2003, Kodansha)
• (2004, Kodansha)
• (2004–2014, Kodansha); English translation: The Drops of God (2011–2012, Vertical)
• (2014–2015, Kodansha)
• (2015–2020, Kodansha)

As Yuma Ando

• (1996–2000, Kodansha)
• (2001–2005, Kodansha)
• (Shogakukan) (2003–2005, Kodansha)
• (2006–2009, Kodansha)
• (2011–hiatus, Kodansha)
• (2011–2013, Kodansha); English translation: Sherlock Bones (2013–2014, Kodansha USA)
• (2014–ongoing, Kodansha)^[4]
• (2014–2016, DeNA)

As Yuya Aoki

• (1999–2007 Kodansha); English translation: GetBackers (2004–2008, Tokyopop)
• (2003 Kodansha); English translation: Psycho Busters (2008–2009, Del Rey Manga)
• (2010–ongoing, Kodansha)

As Jōji Arimori

• (2000–2001, Kodansha)
• (2001–2002, Kodansha)

As Hiroaki Igano

• (2006–2017, Kodansha) Anime Adaptation 2012
• (2021–ongoing, Kodansha)

As Ryō Ryūmon

• (2007–2009, Kodansha)

As Shin Kibayashi

• (2009, Kodansha)
• (2017–ongoing, Kodansha)^[5]

Other media

The main characters of Magazine Mystery Reportage were based on then editors of Weekly Shonen Magazine, including Kibayashi who acts as the leader of the team investigating various conspiracies.

On January 14, 2015, it was announced through Nintendo that Kibayashi was writing the story for the fourteenth Fire Emblem game, entitled Fire Emblem Fates.

On August 31, 2021, Netflix announced that they are working with Shin Kibayashi on an original anime series titled Lady Napoleon.^[6]

External links

• "Kami no Shizuku" author's wine diary
• Seimaru Amagi Diary

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kodansha Manga Awards . Joel Hahn . Comic Book Awards Almanac . August 21, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031310/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml . August 16, 2007.
2. Web site: Fatal Frame Manga by Kindaichi's Amagi Gets English Release. July 18, 2014. Anime News Network. July 18, 2014.
3. Web site: Pineda. Rafael Antonio. Kindaichi's Shin Kibayashi Launches New Manga This Winter (Updated). Anime News Network. June 1, 2023. June 1, 2023.
4. Web site: Kindaichi & Drops of God Creator Starts 1st New Manga in 3 Years. February 4, 2014. Anime News Network. February 4, 2020.
5. Web site: 弘兼憲史×樹林伸が島耕作の逃亡劇描く「島耕作の事件簿」モーニングで始動 . August 17, 2017 . . December 29, 2017 . Japanese.
6. Web site: Netflix, Kindaichi's Shin Kibayashi Reveal Lady Napoleon Original Anime. Anime News Network. August 31, 2021. August 31, 2021.