Yasuke Murata

 

Yūsuke Murata (村田 雄介 Murata Yūsuke?; Miyagi Prefecture, July 4, 1978) is a Japanese cartoonist. He is best known for being the artist of the One-Punch Man manga, drawn and published on the web by One, later published in print by Shueisha in Weekly Young Jump since 2012.

At the age of twelve he entered a competition to create the antagonists of Mega Man, won twice and his designs were used for characters. He was assistant to Takeshi Obata, famous for Hikaru no go and Death Note and, before starting Eyeshield 21, he published three one-shot stories on Shōnen Jump. His name also appears in the video game credits Mega Man 4 as Dustman's manager and Mega Man 5 as Crystal Man's manager.