Takahiro Arai

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Takahiro Arai

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Gender: Male
Date of birth: June 16, 1982
Place of birth: Kanagawa Prefecture
Position: Mangaka
Years active: 2004-present

Takahiro Arai (新井 隆広 Arai Takahiro?), born June 16, 1982 in Kanagawa Prefecture, is the mangaka in charge of Zero's Tea Time, a spin-off of Detective Conan centered on the character Rei Furuya, which is published in the Shōnen Sunday magazine. He later also worked on Wild Police Story, which focused on Hiromitsu Morofushi, Wataru Date, Kenji Hagiwara, Jinpei Matsuda and Rei Furuya, who all studied together at the Police Academy.

Biography

Born in June 1982 in Kanagawa Prefecture, he graduated from Eiko Gakuen High School in Kamakura and later the faculty of economics of Keio University[1]. He then lived for a short period in Scotland, UK. Arai started in 2004 with a one-shot named "Grand Butler" (グランバトラー), published in Shonen Sunday S[2].

His first big work was Darren Shan, from the eponymous novel series by Darren O'Shaughnessy (aka Darren Shan)[2]. After the success of this manga, he started in 2009 his first original manga, "AR∀GO", which ended in 2011. In 2013, he started a manga adaptation of the all-time classic novel by Victor Hugo "Les Misérables"[2].

In 2018, he started writing "Zero's Tea Time", based on "Detective Conan", under supervision of Gosho Aoyama. In 2019-2020, he drew "Wild Police Story", from the original scenario by Gosho Aoyama. In 2023, he started his first new series after his collaboration with Gosho Aoyama, which is titled "Tenogeka", based on the original script by Shiishihi (詩石灯)[3].

His brother Junya Arai (新井 淳也) is also a mangaka.

Works

  • Darren Shan (2006-2009), from the original work by Darren O'Shaughnessy
  • Arago (2009-2011)
  • Les Misérables (2013-2016), from the original work by Victor Hugo
  • Tensho no Quadrable (2017-2018)
  • Zero's Tea Time (2018-2022)
  • Wild Police Story (2019-2020)
  • Tenogeka (since 2023), from the original work by Shiishihi

See also

References

  1. 新井隆広 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
  1. ^ 青春群像記 栄光学園, Asahi Shimbun.
  2. ^ a b c https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/2107
  3. ^ https://natalie.mu/comic/news/537390
Zero's Tea Time
Characters Rei FuruyaAzusa EnomotoYuya KazamiHaroReiko TsuruyamaVermouthHiromitsu MorofushiShuichi AkaiConan EdogawaKogoro MouriTaiiMidori KuriyamaList of Zero's Tea Time Characters
Key People Takahiro AraiGosho Aoyama
Manga Volume 123456
Anime Season 1
Related Articles Detective Conan (Manga, Anime) • Hanzawa the Criminal (Anime) • Wild Police Story