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{{nihongo|'''Tatsuki Fujimoto'''|藤本 タツキ|Fujimoto Tatsuki|born October 10, 1992, or 1993{{efn|name=birthdate}}|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga artist]], known for his works ''[[Fire Punch]]'' and ''[[Chainsaw Man]]''.

== Early life ==
Fujimoto was born on October 10, 1992, or 1993,{{efn|name=birthdate|In 2017, Koharu Nagayama (Fujimoto himself under an alias,<ref name="JumpRookie"/> claiming to be his younger sister)<ref>{{cite web|last=Morrissy|first=Kim|title=Studio Ghibli Twitter Account Gives Shout Out to Chainsaw Man|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2021-08-31/studio-ghibli-twitter-account-gives-shout-out-to-chainsaw-man/.176824|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 31, 2021|access-date=September 26, 2021|archive-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926233449/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2021-08-31/studio-ghibli-twitter-account-gives-shout-out-to-chainsaw-man/.176824|url-status=live}}</ref> wrote on [[Twitter]] that the author would be "24, 25 or 26 years old",<ref>{{cite tweet|user=nagayama_koharu|author=Koharu Nagayama|number=916988308579786754|script-title=ja:10月9日のファイアパンチはお休みですが10月10日はお兄ちゃんの誕生日なのでよかったです。２４か２５、２６歳になります。|date=October 8, 2017|language=ja|archive-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210926232754/https://twitter.com/nagayama_koharu/status/916988308579786754|url-status=live}}</ref> and also that the author turned 25 that year.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=nagayama_koharu|author=Koharu Nagayama|number=917647092612456448|script-title=ja:25歳のお兄ちゃんの誕生日プレゼントに加湿器とマウスパットと歯を貰いました。送ってくれたみなさんありがとうございました。|date=October 10, 2017|language=ja|archive-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210926121817/https://twitter.com/nagayama_koharu/status/917647092612456448|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Shogakukan]] also stated that the author was born in 1992.<ref name="Shogakukan66thMA"/> However, according to {{ill|Shihei Lin|ja|林士平}} (Fujimoto's editor) and Shueisha, he was 17 in 2011 (turning 18 that year) when he sent his first one-shot work,<ref name="JumpRookie"/><ref name="Niwa"/> and according to [[Oricon]] he was born in 1993.<ref name="Oricon"/>}} in [[Nikaho, Akita|Nikaho]], [[Akita Prefecture]], Japan.<ref name="Shogakukan66thMA"/> He started drawing at an early age. He had no preparatory schools available near his home, so he went to painting classes in which his grandparents attended and practiced [[oil painting]].<ref name="Fujimoto-Samura-Interview5">{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤本タツキ×沙村広明奇跡の対談 [5]|trans-title=Tatsuki Fujimoto × [[Hiroaki Samura]] Miraculous Dialogue [5]|url=https://sp.shonenjump.com/p/sp/1706/fp_interview/index5.html|website=shonenjump.com|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=January 9, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=December 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220042801/https://sp.shonenjump.com/p/sp/1706/fp_interview/index5.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He graduated in [[Western painting]]  from [[Tohoku University of Art and Design]] in [[Yamagata (city)|Yamagata]], [[Yamagata Prefecture]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤本 タツキ|url=https://www.tuad.ac.jp/graduates_old/gra058/|publisher=[[Tohoku University of Art and Design]]|access-date=January 9, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109191724/https://www.tuad.ac.jp/graduates_old/gra058/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Career ==
In 2011, Fujimoto drew his first submitted [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]] work, {{nihongo|''A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin' in the Schoolyard''|庭には二羽ニワトリがいた|Niwa ni wa Niwa Niwatori ga ita}}, which was nominated for the December ''[[Jump Square|Jump SQ.]]'' Monthly Award<ref>{{cite tweet|user=jump_sq|author=[[Jump Square|Jump SQ. Editorial Department]]|number=886778752637599745|script-title=ja:『ファイアパンチ』の藤本タツキ先生が17歳の時に初めて描いて投稿した漫画が特別コメンタリー付で期間限定公開！若き才能の爆発です。この後多数の読切を経て『ファイアパンチ』の連載にたどり着くのに、約6年。長いようで短い感覚です/林https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/13932016480028938623|date=July 16, 2017|language=ja|archive-date=June 20, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220620182301/https://twitter.com/jump_sq/status/886778752637599745|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="JumpRookie">{{cite web|script-title=ja:【第66回】担当作家 藤本タツキ先生Q&A！|trans-title=[66] Writer Tatsuki Fujimoto Q&A|url=https://rookie.shonenjump.com/info/entry/202007_blog|website=Jump Rookie!|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|date=July 2, 2020|access-date=January 9, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=July 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702020818/https://rookie.shonenjump.com/info/entry/202007_blog|url-status=live}}</ref> (it was later published on the ''[[Shōnen Jump+]]'' online platform on July 17, 2017).<ref>{{cite tweet|user=shonenjump_plus|author=[[Shōnen Jump+]]|number=886904510651580416|script-title=ja:『ファイアパンチ』の藤本タツキ、初投稿の衝撃作！！『庭には二羽ニワトリがいた。』更新 才能が爆発する幻の特別読切！！|date=July 17, 2017|language=ja|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210109153526/https://twitter.com/shonenjump_plus/status/886904510651580416|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Niwa">{{cite web|script-title=ja:[特別読切6]ファイアパンチ|url=https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/13932016480028938623|website=[[Shōnen Jump+]]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=January 20, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=July 17, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170717075145/https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/13932016480028938623|url-status=live}}</ref> Fujimoto's one-shot, {{nihongo||正義の見方|Seigi no Mikata|"Sense of Justice"}}, was an entry work for the 10th Supreme Comic Grand Prize season II in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:第10回SupremeComic大賞seasonII|url=http://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/mangasyou/sc2/index10.html|website=[[Jump Square|Jump SQ.]]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=January 9, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=January 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109040853/http://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/mangasyou/sc2/index10.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> His next one-shot work was {{nihongo||かみひこうき|Kami Hikōki|"Paper Planes"}}, for which he won a Jury Special Award at the 3rd [[Shueisha]]'s Crown Newcomers' Awards in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:クラウン新人漫画賞 第3回 結果発表|url=https://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/mangasyou/crown/index03.html|website=[[Jump Square|Jump SQ.]]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=January 9, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210109152554/https://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/mangasyou/crown/index03.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Fujimoto's next one-shot work was {{nihongo|''Sasaki Stopped a Bullet''|佐々木くんが銃弾止めた|Sasaki-kun ga Juudan Tometa}}, for which he won his second Jury Special Award at the 5th Shueisha's Crown Newcomers' Awards in 2013<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:クラウン新人漫画賞 第5回 結果発表|url=https://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/mangasyou/crown/index05.html|website=[[Jump Square|Jump SQ.]]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=January 9, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210109154340/https://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/mangasyou/crown/index05.html|url-status=live}}</ref> (later published on ''Shōnen Jump+'' on June 13, 2016).<ref>{{cite tweet|user=jump_sq|author=[[Jump Square|Jump SQ. Editorial Department]]|number=742211991838851072|script-title=ja:『ファイアパンチ』の藤本タツキ先生のデビュー前の受賞作！『佐々木くんが銃弾止めた』本日ジャンプ＋にて公開！担当としては本作で藤本君読切デビューだ！って意気込んでいた作品です/林↓ http://shonenjump.com/p/?cid=SHSA_JP01PLUS00004359_57|date=June 13, 2016|language=ja|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210109151707/https://twitter.com/jump_sq/status/742211991838851072|url-status=live}}</ref>

Fujimoto's next work was {{nihongo|''Love is Blind''|恋は盲目|Koi wa Mōmoku}}, for which he won an Honorable Mention Award at the November 2013 Shueisha's Crown Newcomers' Awards,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤本タツキ|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/98667|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 9, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=December 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214213704/https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/98667|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:クラウン新人漫画賞 第9回 結果発表|url=https://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/mangasyou/crown/index09.html|website=[[Jump Square|Jump SQ.]]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=January 9, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210109140959/https://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/mangasyou/crown/index09.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and was his first published work, being launched in ''Jump SQ.19'' vol. 13 on April 19, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジャンプSQ.19 Vol.13 2014年5月号|url=https://www.neowing.co.jp/product/NEOBK-1648394|website=Neowing|access-date=January 9, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210109142512/https://www.neowing.co.jp/product/NEOBK-1648394|url-status=live}}</ref> His next one-shot works were {{nihongo|''Shikaku''|シカク}}, published in ''Jump SQ.19'' vol. 14 on June 19, 2014;<ref>{{cite tweet|user=jump_sq|author=[[Jump Square|Jump SQ. Editorial Department]]|number=479898307443957762|script-title=ja:発売中のジャンプSQ.19に鬼才、藤本タツキ先生の新作『シカク』掲載中…！担当編集としても衝撃を覚えた読切です…！是非ご一読を…！この導入に引き込まれました！！！/L|date=June 20, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210109144647/https://twitter.com/jump_sq/status/479898307443957762|url-status=live}}</ref> {{nihongo|''Mermaid Rhapsody''|人魚ラプソディ|Ningyo Rapusodi}}, published in ''Jump SQ.19'' vol. 17 on December 19, 2014;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジャンプＳＱ．（ジャンプスクエア）増刊 （２０１５年１月号）|url=https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-04-4910051520159|website=[[Books Kinokuniya|Kinokuniya]]|access-date=August 9, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=August 9, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210809175903/https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-04-4910051520159|url-status=live}}</ref> and {{nihongo|''Nayuta of the Prophecy''|予言のナユタ|Yogen no Nayuta}}, published in ''Jump Square'' on July 4, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジャンプSQ.8月号 7月4日|url=http://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/sq/yokoku.html|website=[[Jump Square|Jump SQ.]]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=January 9, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=June 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627040153/http://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/sq/yokoku.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Fujimoto published his first major and serialized work, {{Nihongo|''[[Fire Punch]]''|ファイアパンチ|Faia Panchi}}, on Shueisha's ''[[Shōnen Jump+]]'' online magazine, where it ran from April 18, 2016, to January 1, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:飢餓に悩む世界で少年が取った行動は…ジャンプ＋新連載「ファイアパンチ」|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/183985|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=April 18, 2016|access-date=September 14, 2019|language=ja|archive-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518134855/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/183985|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:[83話]ファイアパンチ|url=https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/13932016480029275307|website=Shōnen Jump+|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|date=January 1, 2018|access-date=June 24, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171231205043/https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/13932016480029275307|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Shonen Jump Magazine Launches 3 New Manga in December|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-25/shonen-jump-magazine-launches-3-new-manga-in-december/.139892|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 25, 2018|access-date=September 14, 2019|quote=Fujimoto launched ''Fire Punch'' on Shueisha's ''Shonen Jump+'' website and app in April 2016, and ended it on January 1.|archive-date=May 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503160935/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-25/shonen-jump-magazine-launches-3-new-manga-in-december/.139892|url-status=live}}</ref> The series spawned eight ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes.<ref name="FPvol1jp">{{cite web|script-title=ja:ファイアパンチ 1|url=http://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-880731-7|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=September 14, 2019|language=ja|archive-date=December 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223044118/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-880731-7|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="FPvol8jp">{{cite web|script-title=ja:ファイアパンチ 8|url=http://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-881327-1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=September 14, 2019|language=ja|archive-date=May 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510102511/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-881327-1|url-status=live}}</ref> Fujimoto also published on ''Shōnen Jump+'' the one-shot {{nihongo|''Woke-Up-as-a-Girl Syndrome''|目が覚めたら女の子になっていた病|Me ga Sametara Onnanoko ni Natteita Yamai}} on April 24, 2017,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:[特別読切5]ファイアパンチ|url=https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/13932016480028864148|website=[[Shōnen Jump+]]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=January 9, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=April 23, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170423163408/https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/13932016480028864148|url-status=live}}</ref> and the one-shot {{nihongo|''Sisters''|妹の姉|Imōto no Ane}} in the June 2018 issue of ''Jump Square'' on May 2, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:マイナーな四国妖怪が通う学校を舞台にした学園コメディがSQ.で|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/280653|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=May 2, 2018|access-date=January 9, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=January 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112124136/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/280653|url-status=live}}</ref>

Fujimoto's second major serialized work, {{Nihongo|''[[Chainsaw Man]]''|チェンソーマン|Chensō Man}}, was published in Shueisha's ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' from December 3, 2018, to December 14, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ファイアパンチ」の藤本タツキが描くダークヒーロー譚、ジャンプで始動|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/310548|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=December 3, 2018|access-date=July 8, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=December 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207214552/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/310548|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Oricon">{{cite web|script-title=ja:漫画『チェンソーマン』第1部完結、第2部がジャンプ+に掲載へ TVアニメ化など新情報続々|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2179155/full/|website=[[Oricon|Oricon News]]|date=December 14, 2020|access-date=December 13, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=December 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213222330/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2179155/full/|url-status=live}}</ref> A second part started in ''Shōnen Jump+'' on July 13, 2022.<ref name="2nd-part">{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Chainsaw Man Manga Ends '1st Part,' '2nd Part' to Serialize on Shonen Jump+|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-13/chainsaw-man-manga-ends-1st-part-2nd-part-to-serialize-on-shonen-jump/.167381|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 13, 2020|access-date=December 13, 2020|archive-date=May 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503160917/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-13/chainsaw-man-manga-ends-1st-part-2nd-part-to-serialize-on-shonen-jump/.167381|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="futsu">{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Chainsaw Man Manga's 2nd Part Launches on Shonen Jump+ on July 13|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-20/chainsaw-man-manga-2nd-part-launches-on-shonen-jump-on-july-13/.186863|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 20, 2022|access-date=June 20, 2022|archive-date=June 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620105920/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-20/chainsaw-man-manga-2nd-part-launches-on-shonen-jump-on-july-13/.186863|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Chainsaw Man'' topped [[Takarajimasha]]'s ''[[Kono Manga ga Sugoi!]]'' list of best manga of 2021 for male readers,<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=''Chainsaw Man'', ''Onna no Sono no Hoshi'' Manga Top ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi!'' 2021 Lists|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-09/chainsaw-man-onna-no-sono-no-hoshi-manga-top-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2021-lists/.167261|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 9, 2020|access-date=February 11, 2021|archive-date=December 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210020728/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-09/chainsaw-man-onna-no-sono-no-hoshi-manga-top-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2021-lists/.167261|url-status=live}}</ref> and earned Fujimoto the 66th [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] for Best Shōnen Manga.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Chainsaw Man, Teasing Master Takagi-san, Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, More Win 66th Shogakukan Manga Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-19/chainsaw-man-teasing-master-takagi-san-dead-dead-demon-dededede-destruction-more-win-66th-shogakukan-manga-awards/.168571|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 19, 2021|access-date=January 19, 2021|archive-date=February 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226224901/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-19/chainsaw-man-teasing-master-takagi-san-dead-dead-demon-dededede-destruction-more-win-66th-shogakukan-manga-awards/.168571|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:第66回小学館漫画賞に「デデデデ」「チェンソーマン」「ショコラの魔法」など|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/413080|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=January 19, 2021|access-date=January 19, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=August 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819174947/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/413080|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Shogakukan66thMA">{{cite web|script-title=ja:第66回 小学館漫画賞が 決定いたしました!!|trans-title=66th Shogakukan Manga Award – It has been decided!!|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/sites/default/files/manual/20210119.pdf|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=September 9, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128101106/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/sites/default/files/manual/20210119.pdf}}</ref> In 2021, the manga won the [[Harvey Awards]] for Best Manga;<ref>{{cite web|last=Sands|first=Rich|title='WandaVision', 'The Magic Fish', &, Chainsaw Man' Win Big at Harvey Awards at NYCC|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/harvey-awards-winners-the-magic-fish-named-book-of-the-year|website=[[Syfy Wire]]|date=October 8, 2021|access-date=October 9, 2021|archive-date=October 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009040446/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/harvey-awards-winners-the-magic-fish-named-book-of-the-year|url-status=live}}</ref> it won the award for the second time in 2022;<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man Manga Wins Harvey Award for Best Manga for 2nd Straight Year|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-08/tatsuki-fujimoto-chainsaw-man-manga-wins-harvey-award-for-best-manga-for-2nd-straight-year/.190630|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 8, 2022|access-date=October 10, 2022|archive-date=October 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008053141/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-08/tatsuki-fujimoto-chainsaw-man-manga-wins-harvey-award-for-best-manga-for-2nd-straight-year/.190630|url-status=live}}</ref> and for the third time in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Chainsaw Man Manga Wins Best Manga Harvey Award for 3rd Straight Year|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-14/chainsaw-man-manga-wins-best-manga-harvey-award-for-3rd-straight-year/.203412|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 14, 2023|access-date=October 17, 2023|archive-date=October 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014083529/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-14/chainsaw-man-manga-wins-best-manga-harvey-award-for-3rd-straight-year/.203412|url-status=live}}</ref>

Fujimoto illustrated the cover of the novels anthology {{Nihongo|''5-Minute Stories: An Unexpected End''|５分で読める驚愕のラストの物語|Gofun de Yomeru Kyōgaku no Rasuto no Monogatari}}, released on April 2, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:５分で読める驚愕のラストの物語|url=https://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/books/5minitue-kyougaku.html|website=[[Jump (magazine line)#Jump J-Books|Jump J-Books]]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=February 10, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210052622/https://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/books/5minitue-kyougaku.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Fujimoto participated as a guest judge at ''Shonen Jump+''{{'}}s ''Million Tag'' online [[Reality television|reality show]] in July 2021.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=shonenjump_plus|author=[[Shōnen Jump+]]|number=1361283099401744386|script-title=ja:新漫画賞 #ミリオンタッグ 挑戦者募集中！番組内の最終選考審査員になんと・・・藤本タツキ先生(『チェンソーマン』)のゲスト参加が決定！！！|date=February 15, 2021|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Shonen Jump+ Gets Reality Show to Find 'Next Star Manga Creator'|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-25/shonen-jump-gets-reality-show-to-find-next-star-manga-creator/.174414|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 25, 2021|access-date=June 25, 2021|archive-date=June 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625060340/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-25/shonen-jump-gets-reality-show-to-find-next-star-manga-creator/.174414|url-status=live}}</ref>

Fujimoto published the one-shot {{Nihongo|''[[Look Back (manga)|Look Back]]''|ルックバック|Rukku Bakku}} on ''Shōnen Jump+'' on July 19, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『チェンソーマン』作者、久々の新作読切公開 143ページの長編で話題「天才」「面白い!」|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2200725/|website=[[Oricon|Oricon News]]|date=July 19, 2021|access-date=July 19, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=July 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718160042/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2200725/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|title=Viz Media, Manga Plus Publish Chainsaw Man Author's New 140-Page 1-Shot in English|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-20/viz-media-manga-plus-publish-chainsaw-man-author-new-140-page-1-shot-in-english/.175309|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 20, 2021|access-date=July 20, 2021|archive-date=July 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720143900/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-20/viz-media-manga-plus-publish-chainsaw-man-author-new-140-page-1-shot-in-english/.175309|url-status=live}}</ref> The chapter was collected by Shueisha in a single ''tankōbon'' volume, released on September 3, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ルックバック|url=https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882782-7|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=July 21, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=July 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721015228/https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882782-7|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Look Back'' topped the ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi!'' 2022 list of best manga for male readers.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Look Back, Umi ga Hashiru Endroll Manga Top Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2022 Lists|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-06/look-back-umi-ga-hashiru-endroll-manga-top-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2022-lists/.180351|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 6, 2021|access-date=January 6, 2022|archive-date=December 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207042709/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-06/look-back-umi-ga-hashiru-endroll-manga-top-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2022-lists/.180351|url-status=live}}</ref>

A two-volume collection of Fujimoto's previous one-shots, {{Nihongo|''[[Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man]]''|藤本タツキ短編集|Fujimoto Tatsuki Tanpenshū|"Tatsuki Fujimoto's Short Stories"}}, subtitled ''17–21'' and ''22–26'', were released on October 4 and November 4, 2021, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤本タツキ初の短編集発売、作品を作者＆担当で振り返る小冊子当たるキャンペーンも|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/447861|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=October 4, 2021|access-date=November 13, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=November 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113031138/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/447861|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="22–26&novel">{{cite web|script-title=ja:「チェンソーマン」初の小説版発売、「藤本タツキ短編集 22-26」も|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/452063|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=November 4, 2021|access-date=November 13, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=November 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113031136/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/452063|url-status=live}}</ref> He illustrated the novel {{nihongo|''Chainsaw Man: Buddy Stories''|チェンソーマン　バディ・ストーリーズ|Chensō Man Badi Sutōrīzu}},<ref>{{cite tweet|user=SHIHEILIN|last=Lin|first=Shihei|number=1434759156787925001|script-title=ja:『チェンソーマン』初小説が11月4日発売決定❗️ デンジ&パワー、姫野&アキ、岸辺&クァンシ達の知られざる物語。カバー・作中カットは藤本タツキ描き下ろし✨ 必読の小説オリジナルストーリー‼️『チェンソーマン  バディ・ストーリーズ』 （原作:藤本タツキ 小説:菱川さかく）是非に、ご予約を✨📚|date=September 6, 2021|language=ja}}</ref> published on November 4, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Chainsaw Man Manga Gets Novel on November 4|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-09-06/chainsaw-man-manga-gets-novel-on-november-4/.177061|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 6, 2021|access-date=September 6, 2021|archive-date=September 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906083816/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-09-06/chainsaw-man-manga-gets-novel-on-november-4/.177061|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="22–26&novel"/> Fujimoto illustrated a version of one of the forty-two volumes of the [[Dragon Ball (manga)|''Dragon Ball'']] manga for the ''Dragon Ball Super Gallery Project'', celebrating the series' 40th anniversary, which was published in ''[[Saikyō Jump]]'' on December 3, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:最強ジャンプで鬼滅の刃を大特集、隊士たちの故郷や大正時代の暮らしを紹介|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/456135|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=December 3, 2021|access-date=December 4, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=December 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203170722/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/456135|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:最強ジャンプ1月号は12/3[金]発売!|url=https://www.shonenjump.com/j/saikyo/|website=[[Saikyō Jump]]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=December 4, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=December 4, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211204212900/https://www.shonenjump.com/j/saikyo/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Fujimoto published {{Nihongo|''[[Goodbye, Eri]]''|さよなら絵梨|Sayonara Eri}}, a 200-page one-shot, on ''Shōnen Jump+'' on April 11, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Chainsaw Man's Tatsuki Fujimoto to Release New 200-Page 1-Shot on April 11|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-04/chainsaw-man-tatsuki-fujimoto-to-release-new-200-page-1-shot-on-april-11/.184340|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 4, 2022|access-date=April 4, 2022|archive-date=April 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411020809/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-04/chainsaw-man-tatsuki-fujimoto-to-release-new-200-page-1-shot-on-april-11/.184340|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Viz Media, Manga Plus Publish Tatsuki Fujimoto's 'Goodbye, Eri' 1-Shot Manga in English|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-10/viz-media-manga-plus-publish-tatsuki-fujimoto-goodbye-eri-1-shot-manga-in-english/.184510|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 10, 2022|access-date=April 10, 2022|archive-date=April 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411020639/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-10/viz-media-manga-plus-publish-tatsuki-fujimoto-goodbye-eri-1-shot-manga-in-english/.184510|url-status=live}}</ref> The chapter was collected by Shueisha in a single ''tankōbon'' volume, released on July 4, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:さよなら絵梨|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-883167-1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=June 20, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=June 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620112957/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-883167-1|url-status=live}}</ref>

Along with illustrator Oto Tōda, Fujimoto published the one-shot {{Nihongo|''[[Just Listen to the Song]]''|フツーに聞いてくれ|Futsū ni Kiitekure|"Listen to Me Normally"}} on ''Shōnen Jump+'' on July 4, 2022.<ref name="futsu"/>

== Influences ==
Fujimoto commented that he wanted to "draw manga like Korean films", citing the 2008 South Korean film ''[[The Chaser (2008 film)|The Chaser]]'' as example, stating: "the main character chases after the villain, but thirty minutes into the movie, he catches him. This is supposed to happen at the end of the movie, so you keep wondering what will happen next. A lot of people say that in Korean movies they cannot tell what the director is thinking, but actually, if you watch until the end, you will get it. I wanted to make something like that."<ref name="Fujimoto-Samura-Interview1"/> He also mentioned the 2016 Japanese film ''[[Sadako vs. Kayako]]'', [[Kōji Shiraishi]]'s film series ''{{ill|Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi!|ja|戦慄怪奇ファイル コワすぎ!}}'',<ref name="KonoManga1"/> the 2011 Indonesian film [[The Raid (2011 film)|''The Raid'']] and [[Takeshi Kitano]]'s work.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤本タツキ『ファイアパンチ』ネットでも話題騒然になった第1話・衝撃的なネームを超特別公開!!|url=https://konomanga.jp/interview/112091-2/2|website=[[Kono Manga ga Sugoi!]]|publisher=[[Takarajimasha]]|date=June 9, 2017|access-date=November 15, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=September 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929070558/https://konomanga.jp/interview/112091-2|url-status=live}}</ref> He was also influenced by manga authors [[Hiroaki Samura]],<ref name="Fujimoto-Samura-Interview1">{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤本タツキ×沙村広明奇跡の対談 [1]|trans-title=Tatsuki Fujimoto × [[Hiroaki Samura]] Miraculous Dialogue [1]|url=https://sp.shonenjump.com/p/sp/1706/fp_interview/index.html|website=shonenjump.com|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=September 28, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=August 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812200642/https://sp.shonenjump.com/p/sp/1706/fp_interview/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Hideki Arai]],<ref name="KonoManga1">{{cite web|script-title=ja:【インタビュー】藤本タツキ『ファイアパンチ』ネットでも話題騒然になった第1話・衝撃的なネームを超特別公開!!|url=https://konomanga.jp/interview/112091-2|website=[[Kono Manga ga Sugoi!]]|publisher=[[Takarajimasha]]|date=June 9, 2017|access-date=January 9, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019113710/https://konomanga.jp/interview/112091-2|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Tsutomu Nihei]].<ref name="Fujimoto-Samura-Interview5"/>

== Works ==
=== Serialized manga ===
* {{nihongo|''[[Fire Punch]]''|ファイアパンチ|Faia Panchi}} (2016–2018) — Serialized in ''[[Shōnen Jump+]]'' and published by [[Shueisha]] in eight volumes
* {{nihongo|''[[Chainsaw Man]]''|チェンソーマン|Chensō Man}} (2018–present) — Serialized in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' (2018–2020) and ''Shōnen Jump+'' (2022–present) and published by Shueisha in eighteen volumes

=== One-shots ===
* {{nihongo||正義の見方|Seigi no Mikata|"Sense of Justice"}} (2013); unpublished
* {{nihongo||かみひこうき|Kami Hikouki|"Paper Planes"}} (2013); unpublished
* {{nihongo|''[[Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man]]''|藤本タツキ短編集|Fujimoto Tatsuki Tanpenshū|"Tatsuki Fujimoto's Short Stories"}} (2021); two collected volumes of Fujimoto's earliest one-shots
** {{nihongo|''A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin' in the Schoolyard''|庭には二羽ニワトリがいた|Niwa ni wa Niwa Niwatori ga ita}} (2011)
** {{nihongo|''Sasaki Stopped a Bullet''|佐々木くんが銃弾止めた|Sasaki-kun ga Juudan Tometa}} (2013)
** {{nihongo|''Love is Blind''|恋は盲目|Koi wa Moumoku}} (2013); later published in ''Jump SQ.19''
** {{nihongo|''Shikaku''|シカク}} (2014); published in ''Jump SQ.19''
** {{nihongo|''Mermaid Rhapsody''|人魚ラプソディ|''Ningyo Rhapsody''}} (2014); published in ''Jump SQ.19''
** {{nihongo|''Nayuta of the Prophecy''|予言のナユタ|Yogen no Nayuta}} (2015); published in ''[[Jump Square]]''
** {{nihongo|''Woke-Up-as-a-Girl Syndrome''|目が覚めたら女の子になっていた病|Me ga Sametara Onnanoko ni Natteita Yamai}} (2017); published in ''Shōnen Jump+''
** {{nihongo|''Sisters''|妹の姉|Imōto no Ane}}  (2018); published in ''Jump Square''
* {{nihongo|''[[Look Back (manga)|Look Back]]''|ルックバック|Rukku Bakku}} (2021); published in ''Shōnen Jump+'' and collected in one volume
* {{nihongo|''[[Goodbye, Eri]]''|さよなら絵梨|Sayonara Eri}} (2022); published in ''Shōnen Jump+'' and collected in one volume
* {{nihongo|''[[Just Listen to the Song]]''|フツーに聞いてくれ|Futsū ni Kiitekure|"Listen to Me Normally"}} (2022); illustrated by Oto Tōda; published in ''Shōnen Jump+''

== Assistants ==
* [[Yuji Kaku]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Tatsuki Fujimoto, from his unique perspective analyzes the peculiar characters from Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku!|url=https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/web_pages/378/|website=[[Manga Plus]]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 4, 2024|archive-date=June 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620220929/https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/web_pages/378/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Interlanguage link|Oto Tōda|ja|遠田おと}}<ref>{{cite tweet|user=SHIHEILIN|last=Lin|first=Shihei|number=1290978132380409856|script-title=ja:『にくをはぐ 遠田おと短編集』の遠田先生は、実は『チェンソーマン』の藤本タツキ先生の『ファイアパンチ』時代のアシスタントをして頂いておりました。 その2人のコミックスが同日に出版されて、書店で隣に並んでるの見て、「縁ってあるんだな」って思っております。 機会があれば是非ご一読を〜❗️|date=August 5, 2020|language=ja}}</ref>
* [[Tatsuya Endo]]<ref>{{cite web|title="The Making of a Jump Manga!" Vol. 7 – Spy × Family|url=https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/web_pages/263/|website=[[Manga Plus]]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 4, 2024|archive-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202090258/https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/web_pages/263/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Interlanguage link|Yukinobu Tatsu|ja|龍幸伸}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Une date pour la sortie française du manga Dandadan|url=https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2022/04/25/Une-date-pour-Dandadan-chez-Kaze|website=Manga News|access-date=May 4, 2024|language=fr|date=April 26, 2022|archive-date=April 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419021958/https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2022/04/25/Une-date-pour-Dandadan-chez-Kaze|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Anime News Network|people|159143}}

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