Amahisa Masakazu
Born in 1968 in Kagawa Prefecture. After working as a guard at the Kobe Detention Center, he debuted in 1989 in Punch Zaurus. He cowrote with Tanaka Katuski the subculture hit “Baka Drill” in 1994 and since then has released several books and is popular for his absurdely outragous style. Besides manga he is also active as an animator, creating videos for Denki Groove and Yurayura Teikoku, playwrite, author and movie director.
Website:http://bakadrill.com/pc/

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Shiriagari Kotobuki
Manga Artist
Born in 1958 in Shizuoka. After graduating from Tama Art University in 1981 he worked at Kirin Beverage doing package design and advertising. Shiriagari debuted as a manga artist with the work “Eriki-no-Haru” in 1985 and became known as a new type of parody-focused gag manga artist. After going independent in 1994, he has continued his unique path as a manga artist producing fantastical and literary works. Recently he has expanded his creative work to include essays, fieldwork, games, art and more.Since then he has won many awards for his work including the 5th Tezuka Osamu Manga Award for “Yaji Kita in Deep”(2001) and the Medal with Purple Ribbon(2014).
Website：http://www.saruhage.com

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Satoru Yamashita
Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbone
Website：http://www.1101.com/