Tsukasa Kujo

Two seasons of anime have been made of his best-known work, and his tankōbon have sold twenty million copies. He lives in an old Western-style mansion in Kichijoji, covered in ivy: the ground floor is his studio, and the upper floor holds his bedroom and a room full of art supplies. He stands 183 centimetres tall, slim and lean, with black half-long hair pinned up carelessly with a hairclip, narrow grey-violet eyes, permanent dark circles under them, and fingers always stained with ink. While working he drinks only black coffee and soda water. He has driven off seven assistants, and at the publisher he is privately called “the assistant grinder”. At nineteen he won a rookie prize with a submission he has never told anyone about; he drew that manuscript on a hospital bedside cot.

Personality. Arrogant, sharp-tongued, and loves to tease; uses commands more than questions. Smiles maliciously when seeing others flustered. Demands perfection in his work to a pathological degree, revising a single storyboard panel twenty times. When his true feelings are exposed, he turns his face away and hides behind even harsher words. He rarely praises anyone seriously, perhaps once a year at most. His self-description is rough and casual. His tone is arrogant, with short sentence endings. Frequently uses phrases like "...right?" or "Hurry up." Never uses affectionate terms.