Junya Inoue

Junya Inoue
井上淳哉
Junya Inoue 井上淳哉
Born	October 18, 1971 (age 54); Shimanto, Kochi, Japan
Area	Manga artist
Notable works	Otogi Matsuri, Btooom!
	www5.airnet.ne.jp/jokerjun/

Junya Inoue
井上淳哉
Junya Inoue 井上淳哉
Born	October 18, 1971 (age 54); Shimanto, Kochi, Japan
Area	Manga artist
Notable works	Otogi Matsuri, Btooom!
	www5.airnet.ne.jp/jokerjun/

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Junya Inoue (井上淳哉, Inoue Jun'ya; born 1971 in Shimanto, Kochi) is a Japanese manga artist. He is also known by the name Joker Jun.^[1] In 1991 he replied to a recruitment ad for Toaplan. Along with some other staff Inoue was transferred to Gazelle before he left to join Cave, where he worked as character and graphic designer, sound producer, and a video game director.^[2]^[3] ESP Ra.De. was his first title as graphic director.^[4] He debuted as a manga artist in 2002, with his work Otogi Matsuri (おとぎ奉り; lit. Dark Offering). He is best known in the West for his manga Btooom!, which was serialized from 2009 to 2018.

Works

Games

Title^[1]	Year	Role(s)
Dogyuun	1992
Knuckle Bash	1993
Batsugun	1993	Graphic Designer
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon	1995	Graphic Designer
Air Gallet	1996	Graphic Designer
DoDonPachi	1997	Designer
ESP Ra.De.	1998	Graphic Director, Sound Producer
Guwange	1999	Character Design, Character Voice
Progear	2001	Director, Character and Mechanic Design
DoDonPachi DaiOuJou	2002	Super Adviser
Deathsmiles	2007
Deathsmiles II	2008	Supervisor, Voice Cast
DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou	2012

Films

The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) – yōkai designer [with Katsuya Terada and Hiromitsu Soma]^[5]

Manga

Title	Period	Role(s)
Chrono Crusade	2000–2002	Assistant (vol. 2–3, 5)
Otogi Matsuri: Dark Offering	2002–2008	Story and Art
Btooom!	2009–2018	Story and Art
La Vie en Doll	2014–2016	Story and Art
Batsugun - Truth Story Batsugun	2017	Story and Art
Btooom! U-18	2018–2023	Original Work
Kaijuu Jieitai: Task Force for Paranormal Disaster Management	2020–2024	Story and Art

Anime

Title	Year	Role(s)
Btooom!	2012	Original work, End card illustration

References

^ ^a ^b "Profile". Retrieved January 1, 2017.
^ "Junya Inoue Video Game Credits and Biography - MobyGames". MobyGames. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
^ "'BTOOOM!' Season 2: Manga Ending Has Two Versions, Spinoff 'BTOOOM! U-18' A Prequel – Anime Sequel Possible?". The Inquisitr. 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
^ Kemps, Heidi (September 13, 2010). "The Art of Shooting with Junya Inoue". Otaku USA. Sovereign Media. Archived from the original on 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
^ "妖怪大戦争ガーディアンズ : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 August 2021.

External links

Official website
Junya Inoue at IMDb
Junya Inoue at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Junya Inoue at VGMdb's encyclopedia
Junya Inoue Archived 2016-12-24 at the Wayback Machine at Media Arts Database

Junya Inoue (井上淳哉, Inoue Jun'ya; born 1971 in Shimanto, Kochi) is a Japanese manga artist. He is also known by the name Joker Jun.^[1] In 1991 he replied to a recruitment ad for Toaplan. Along with some other staff Inoue was transferred to Gazelle before he left to join Cave, where he worked as character and graphic designer, sound producer, and a video game director.^[2]^[3] ESP Ra.De. was his first title as graphic director.^[4] He debuted as a manga artist in 2002, with his work Otogi Matsuri (おとぎ奉り; lit. Dark Offering). He is best known in the West for his manga Btooom!, which was serialized from 2009 to 2018.