Osamu Akimoto
(1952-)
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Osamu Akimoto (秋本 治, Akimoto Osamu) is a Japanese manga artist born on December 11, 1952 in Katsushika, Tokyo. He is best known for his long-running series Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo, which has been continuously published in Weekly Shonen Jump since 1976. With over 1800 chapters collected into 194 tankōbon volumes, it is the manga series with the highest number of volumes. By February 2012, the series had sold over 155 million copies, making it one of the best-selling manga series in history. He debuted with Kochikame under the pen name of "Tatsuhiko Yamadome" (山止 たつひこ) in 1976. He changed to using his real name in 1978, after Kochikame reached its 100th chapter.
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