Tetsuo Hara is a Japanese manga artist best known for co-creating the post-apocalyptic martial arts series Fist of the North Star. His X account is: @haratetsuo_jp

Biography:
1961: Born in Tokyo.
1982: Debuted with "Tetsu no Don Quixote" in Weekly Shonen Jump (published by Shueisha).
1983: Started serialization of "Hokuto no Ken" (Fist of the North Star) with Buronson as the original author. It became his biggest hit.
1990: Started serialization of "Hana no Keiji: Kumo no Kanata ni" (The Flowery Keiji: Beyond the Clouds).
2001: "Souten no Ken" (Fist of the Blue Sky) was serialized in Weekly Comic Bunch.
2010: "Ikusa no ko Oda Saburo Nobunaga den" was serialized in Monthly Comic Zenon.
He continues to draw the Sengoku Bussho series.

Irukaman ex Interview (December 3rd, 2024):

A commemorative interview was conducted. The full interview was published in the February 2025 issue of Comic Zenon which was released on December 25th, 2024. A part of the interview is available below!

Q: During this challenge, what was the thing you paid the most attention to?
Hara: I really valued "coolness". I wanted to add my own "cool power" to the series while preserving the Pokémon feel. This time, I drew a lot of fists and paid attention to the light and reflections in the water to create an illusion of the fists leaving afterimages. I painted the afterimages of the fists with toned-down colors, and added a reddish tint to the main fists to make them stand out. I hope that people can get a sense the power from the fists.

Q：今回の挑戦の中で、一番こだわった点は？
原：やっぱり「かっこよさ」を大事にしました。ポケモンらしさを守りながらも、僕らしい「かっこいい迫力」を加えたいと思っていました。今回は拳をたくさん描いて、光や水の反射の表現にこだわり、拳が残像を残すイメージで仕上げています。拳の残像をトーンを落とした色で描き、メインの拳には赤みを加えて目立つようにしました。見た人が拳のパワーを感じ取ってくれたら嬉しいですね。