Nobuhiko Horie  

Nobuhiko Horie was born on Kumamoto Island in Japan and later moved to Tokyo to study law at Waseda University. After graduating, he began his career in the manga industry by joining Shueisha's editorial department in 1979. As an editor, he worked with several notable creators such as Tetsuo Hara, Tsukasa Hojo, Ryuji Tsugihara and Hisashi Eguchi. In 1993, Horie was appointed the fifth editor-in-chief at Weekly Shonen Jump and achieved a Guinness World record for selling the most manga issues in a single week with over 6 million units sold in just seven days. He then took a sabbatical from manga to work as editor-in-chief of fashion magazines "Mens Non-no" and BART before returning to his roots in manga by founding Coamix Inc., an animation studio, in 2000. Horie also served as editor-in-chief for the newly established Weekly Comic Bunch until 2004 when he founded North Star Pictures Inc., a company focused on copyright management and animation adaptations. In 2010, Horie returned to manga as editor-in-chief of Monthly Comic Zenon, a publication that succeeded Weekly Comic Bunch. Throughout his career, Horie has been instrumental in pioneering innovations within the manga industry both domestically and internationally.