is a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Nihon University. Fujita made his professional manga debut in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1989. He is known for his manga series Ushio & Tora and Karakuri Circus. For Ushio & Tora, Fujita won the Shogakukan Manga Award in the category in 1992 and the Seiun Award in 1997.
Influences Fujita stated that he wanted to become a manga artist after reading Rumiko Takahashi's . He also named Yōsuke Takahashi, and Daijiro Morohoshi as influences.
Works , 1990–1996, 33 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday , 1995 (collection of short stories published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from 1988 to 1994) 1997–2006, 43 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday , 2004 (collection of short stories published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Young Sunday from 1996 to 2003) , 2006–2007, one volume, Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits , 2007, one volume, Kodansha's Morning , 2008–2014, 29 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday , 2014–2015, 2 volumes, Kodansha's Morning , 2016–2021, 25 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday , 2022–2023, 6 volumes, Kodansha's Morning , 2025–present, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Other , 2004–2006, original concept, 3 volumes, Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Super , 2006–2007, original concept, 5 volumes, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Anime adaptations Ushio & Tora, 1992–1993 10-episode OVA Ushio & Tora: Comically Deformed Theater, 1993 one-episode parody OVA Karakuri Circus, 1998 Weekly Shōnen Sunday commercial Puppet Princess, 2000 one-episode OVA adapting a short story published in Yoru no Uta Ushio & Tora, 2015–2016 anime television series Karakuri Circus, 2018–2019 anime television series
Master (Space Family Carlvinson)
Assistants Nobuyuki Anzai Kazurou Inoue (Hanamote Katare, Furo Girl!, Yoake no Ryodan) (Ayakashidō no Hōrai) Makoto Raiku (Mushibugyō, 5-fungo no Sekai, Rock Is a Lady's Modesty)
References
Further reading
External links Kazuhiro Fujita's Backstage section at Web Sunday