Tatsuya Hiruta

Tatsuya Hiruta (蛭田達也) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for writing the long-running shōnen manga series Kōtarō Makaritōru! and its two sequels, Shin Kōtarō Makaritōru! and ''Kōtarō Makaritōru! L''. In 1986, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for Kōtarō Makaritōru!.