Hideki Owada

Born in 1969, Hideki Owada is a beloved comedic manga creator. Best known in the West for his long-running mahjong political parody The Legend of Koizumi, Owada actually made his debut in 1999 on the baseball comedy Fun Koshien. Since then he has contributed in nearly two dozen series, mostly for Kadokawa Publishing. While Owada may be best known for his sensational genre work in the West, he is respected across Asia for his passion for the Gundam franchise. Owada has been working within the...See more

Born in 1969, Hideki Owada is a beloved comedic manga creator. Best known in the West for his long-running mahjong political parody The Legend of Koizumi, Owada actually made his debut in 1999 on the baseball comedy Fun Koshien. Since then he has contributed in nearly two dozen series, mostly for Kadokawa Publishing. While Owada may be best known for his sensational genre work in the West, he is respected across Asia for his passion for the Gundam franchise. Owada has been working within the world of Gundam continuously since 2009 and has created a number of works that have seen multi-media adaptations. See less