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{{Short description|Japanese manga artist (born 1967)}}
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{{Infobox comics creator
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| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1967|09|16}}
| birth_place   = [[Fukuoka]], Japan
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| nationality   = Japanese
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| alias         = {{nihongo|Kuon Yahiro|久遠 矢広}}
| notable works = ''[[Hen (manga)|Hen]]''<br>''[[Gantz]]''<br>''[[Inuyashiki]]''<br>''[[Gigant (manga)|Gigant]]''
| awards        = Runner-up in Young Jump Youth Manga Awards (1988, ''Hen'')
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{{Nihongo|'''Hiroya Oku'''|奥 浩哉|Oku Hiroya|born September 16, 1967}} is a Japanese [[manga artist]], who is the creator of ''[[Gantz]]'', ''[[Gigant (manga)|Gigant]]'', ''[[Hen (manga)|Hen]]'', and ''[[Inuyashiki]]'', the first two of which have been serialized in ''[[Weekly Young Jump]]''. Originally influenced by [[Katsuhiro Otomo]] and [[Ryoichi Ikegami]],<ref name="natalie">[https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/inuyashiki 奥浩哉の「いぬやしき」特集、山本直樹×奥浩哉の師弟対談（1/4）]. January 14, 2014.</ref> his manga often contain explicit violence, sexual depictions, and matters that are considered [[taboo]] by the public, and he is known as a pioneer in the use of digital processing for manga backgrounds.

His debut manga ''Hen'' was a runner-up in the 1988 Young Jump Youth Manga Awards. The pseudonym he used at the time of its serialization was {{Nihongo|'''Kuon Yahiro'''|久遠 矢広}}.

Oku designed a character for [[Namco Bandai|Namco Bandai's]] [[Xbox 360]] and [[PlayStation 3]] fighting game ''[[Soulcalibur IV]]'', named [[List of minor Soul series characters#Shura|Shura]].

== Works ==
* ''[[Hen (manga)|Hen]]'' (1988–1997)
:There are two series of ''Hen''; the first, with kanji, ran for 13 volumes—the first three are short story collections, and the remaining ten are a romantic comedy in which both leads are male. The short stories were later repackaged as "Aka" and "Kuro".
:The second series, 8 volumes, with the title only in romaji, is a romantic comedy in which both leads are women.  This series has been adapted into an anime.
* ''Zero One'' (1999–2000)
:There are only three volumes, about a video game tournament. The series was cancelled abruptly due to poor sales figures and reception.
* ''[[Gantz]]'' (2000–2013)
:It consists of 37 volumes. The first eight have been adapted into the first 21 episodes of the two seasons of the anime, with the final five episodes consisting of a different story that does not follow the manga.
* ''Maetel no Kimochi'' (2006–2007)
:Three volumes in all, about a shut-in or [[hikikomori]] falling in love with his young stepmother after the death of his father.
* ''[[Inuyashiki]]'' (2014–2017)
:A story about an aging and ill [[salaryman]] who is transformed into an unstoppable battle machine after aliens accidentally destroy his body.
*''[[Gantz:G]]'' (2015–2017)
:A spin-off of ''Gantz'' with art by Keita Iizuka.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-16/hiroya-oku-keita-iizuka-launch-gantz-spinoff-manga-in-november/.94277 |title=Hiroya Oku, Keita Iizuka Launch Gantz Spinoff Manga in November |date=October 16, 2015 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |accessdate=October 16, 2015 }}</ref>
* ''[[Gigant (manga)|Gigant]]'' (2017–2021)
:Rei Yokoyamada, a high school boy who falls in love with Papiko, an adult video actress with big breasts who gains the power to become gigantic.
*''[[Gantz:E]]'' (2020–present)
:A historical spin-off of ''Gantz'' with art by Jin Kagetsu.

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{Twitter|hiroya_oku}}
*{{anime News Network|people|5771}}

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