Hiroyuki Tamakoshi Explained

Name Nonen:	玉越 博幸
Nonus:	ja
Birth Date:	1 September 1970
Birth Place:	Osaka Prefecture
Area:	Manga artist
Notable Works:	Boys Be...
Website:	http://tamakoshi.jugem.jp/

is a Japanese manga artist born in 1970.^[1] His manga are mostly his comedic take of an ecchi boy's harem romance themes. Most of his work has appeared in Weekly Shōnen Magazine, with Boys Be.and Gacha Gacha his best-known titles.

On September 14, 2022, Tamakoshi announced he had been diagnosed with stage 3 cancer and is undergoing four months of chemotherapy.^[2] On December 5, 2023, Tamakoshi announced he will be taking a break from manga.^[3]

Works

• Boys Be... (1991–2018) (story by Masahiro Itabashi)^[4]
• Gacha Gacha (2002–2007)^[5]
• A-Girls (2003)
• Gomen ne, Maria-sama (2006)
• Do suru!? Paradise (2006)
• Que Sera Sera (2007)
• Makyou no Shanana (2009) (story by Hiroshi Yamamoto)
• (2012, Comic Birz, 3 volumes)^[6]
• (2021)^[7]

External links

• Tamaya (Old site)

Notes and References

1. Web site: イタバシマサヒロ・玉越博幸「BOYS BE… ～young adult～」 . Natalie . 31 July 2018 . Japanese.
2. Web site: Boys Be… Manga Artist Hiroyuki Tamakoshi Reports Cancer Diagnosis . 9 October 2023 .
3. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-05/boys-be-manga-artist-hiroyuki-tamakoshi-gives-update-on-cancer-diagnosis/.205111
4. Web site: Boys Be… ~young adult~ Manga Launches in September . Anime News Network . 31 July 2018.
5. Gifford, Kevin. "Gacha Gacha: The Next Revolution". (January 2007) Newtype USA. Volume 6, Number 1, page 138.
6. Web site: D.N.Angel, Boys Be... Creators Launch New Birz Manga . Anime News Network. 9 October 2023 .
7. Web site: Pineda . Rafael Antonio . Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket Gets New Manga Centered on Chris . . 27 September 2022 . 26 May 2021.