Claymore, Volume 2 » (1ST)

- Born in Okinawa, 1968. Blood type A. Male.

- Won the 32nd Akatsuka Award with his debut work "UNDEADMAN"

- "UNDEADMAN" and its 2 sequels appeared in Monthly Shonen Jump

Magazine, gaining readers' popularity

- His first serialization was "Angel Densetsu (Angel Legend)", a popular

comedy series which ran in Monthly Shonen Jump from 1992-2000.

- The serialization of "Claymore" began in 2001. In contrast to his

previous work (Angel Legend), "Claymore" is a grand epic saga.

- Things he likes (he said those are not his hobbies):

Comedians (like Downtown), martial art, games, driving, and hardrock for

music.

A Claymore - a female warrior named for the sword she carries - travels from medieval village to village to destroy Yoma, monsters who disguise themselves as humans and who are almost impossible to kill. Claymores are half-humans, half-demons who willingly transformed themselves by mixing their blood with monster's blood. Claire, nicknamed silver-eyed killer, is such a powerful Claymore, she can slay a Yoma using only one hand. But she must constantly struggle to keep from becoming a monster herself.