Nightow, Yasuhiro
Twitter: @nightow
Yasuhiro Nightow is a Japanese manga artist. His major work Trigun was adapted into an anime series and film. He also designed the characters for the video game and anime series Gungrave, and has been working on the manga Blood Blockade Battlefront (Kekkai Sensen) since 2009.
He studied social science and then majored in media studies at Housei University. While there, he drew manga as a hobby, and made some dojinshi. After graduation, he worked Sekisui House where he sold apartments. After three and a half years, he quit his job to draw full-time. His first one-shot manga was based on the popular video game franchise Samurai Spirits. He had also developed a story titled Call XXXX which was published in Super Jump magazine.
Writing Style
Published Manga
Trigun Maximum
Manga Jul 1998 to Feb 27, 2008
Kekkai SensenBlood Blockade Battlefront
Manga Jan 5, 2009 to Feb 19, 2015
Kekkai Sensen
Manga May 2, 2008