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{{short description|Japanese manga artist}}
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{{nihongo|'''Kōsuke Fujishima'''|藤島 康介|Fujishima Kōsuke|born July 7, 1964}} is a Japanese [[manga artist]] and character designer. He has created several manga series, the best known of which are ''[[You're Under Arrest (manga)|You're Under Arrest!]]'' and ''[[Oh My Goddess!]].'' Fujishima is known for his love of automobiles and motorcycles, which is reflected in many of his series.

==Early life and career==
Born in [[Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]], Japan, he first came to public attention as an editor of ''Puff'' magazine, his first job after completing high school. Fujishima originally intended to be a draftsman, but took the editorial role after failing to get a drafting apprenticeship. He later became [[assistant mangaka|assistant]] to manga artist [[Tatsuya Egawa]] in the production of the ''Making Be Free!'' manga, and in 1986 began his first original manga series ''[[You're Under Arrest (manga)|You're Under Arrest]]''.  His second manga series ''[[Oh My Goddess!]]'', also translated as ''Ah! My Goddess'', is Fujishima's most famous work, which made him a household name in Japan. He is also well known as the character designer for several games in the ''[[Tales (video game series)|Tales]]'' series and ''[[Sakura Wars]]''.

===Personal life===
On June 29, 2016, the famous 20-year-old cosplayer Nekomu Otogi announced her marriage to Fujishima as well as her pregnancy on her Twitter page. Both of them had known each other on Twitter approximately since 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-06-29/20-year-old-cosplayer-announces-marriage-to-51-year-old-oh-my-goddess-author-kousuke-fujishima/.103771|title=20-Year-Old Cosplayer Announces Marriage to 51-Year-Old Oh My Goddess! Author Kousuke Fujishima|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 30, 2016|access-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref>

On July 7, 2016, Fujishima confirmed the marriage on his Twitter account.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwhcurrent.com/news/fujishima-kousuke-confirms-marriage/|title=Fujishima Kousuke Confirms Marriage|publisher=wwhcurrent|date=July 7, 2016|access-date=July 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160710051128/http://wwhcurrent.com/news/fujishima-kousuke-confirms-marriage/|archive-date=July 10, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Fujishima owns a rare [[Krauser Domani]], a motorcycle-like vehicle with an integrated sidecar, which he purchased in 1994 and regularly shows on his [[Twitter]] account. <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://gwern.net/doc/anime/eva/1997-ledoux-animeinterviewsthefirst5yearsofanimerica.pdf |title=Anime Interviews: The First Five Years of Animerica, Anime & Manga Monthly (1992-97) |publisher=Cadence Books |date=September 22, 1997 |isbn=978-1569312209 |editor-last=Ledoux |editor-first=Trish |pages=76 |quote=My favorite activities are sleeping, riding motorcycles...I bought a sidecar recently—a German sidecar by the name Krauser Domani—and I’m pretty infatuated with that at the moment.}}</ref>

==Works==
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" 
! Series !! Year !! Contribution
|-
|''[[You're Under Arrest (manga)|You're Under Arrest]]''
|1986–1992
|Author / Illustrator
|-
|''[[Oh My Goddess!]]''
|1988–2014
|Author / Illustrator
|-
|''Kōryū Densetsu Villgust''
|1992
|Character designer
|-
|''[[Tales of Phantasia]]''
|1994, 1999, 2003, 2006
|Character designer
|-
|''[[Sakura Wars]]''
|1996–2005
|Character designer
|-
|''[[éX-Driver]]''
|2000
|Author / Character and setting designer
|-
|''[[Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon]]''
|2000, 2010
|Character designer
|-
|''[[Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart]]''
|2002
|Original creator / Character designer
|-
|''[[Gungrave]]''
|2002, 2003, 2004
|Mechanical designer
|-
|''[[Tales of the World: Summoner's Lineage]]''
|2003
|Character designer
|-
|''[[Tales of Symphonia]]''
|2003, 2004
|Character designer
|-
|''[[Tales of the Abyss]]''
|2005
|Character designer
|-
|''[[Tales of Vesperia]]''
|2008
|Character designer
|-
|''Paradise Residence''
|2009–2016
|Author / Illustrator
|-
|''[[Tales of Xillia]]''
|2011
|Character designer
|-
|''[[Tales of Xillia 2]]''
|2012
|Character designer
|-
|''[[Tales of Zestiria]]''
|2015
|Character designer
|-
|''[[Tales of Berseria]]''
|2016
|Character designer
|-
|''[[Black Rose Valkyrie]]''
|2016
|Character designer
|-
|''[[Toppu GP]]''
|2016–present
|Author / Illustrator
|-
|''[[Tales of Crestoria]]''
|2020-2022
|Character designer
|-
|}

==References==
<references/>
*"Ah! Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa". ''Newtype USA'' '''6''' (12) 15. December 2007. {{ISSN|1541-4817}}.
*Nakagami, Yoshikatsu et al. "You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle". ''Newtype USA'' '''6''' (12) 48&ndash;49. December 2007. {{ISSN|1541-4817}}.

==External links==
*{{anime News Network|people|id=5436}}
*[https://x.com/fujishimakosuke Kōsuke Fujishima] at X (Twitter)

{{You're Under Arrest}}
{{Oh My Goddess}}
{{Gungrave series}}
{{Kodansha Manga Award - General}}
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