Editing Takehiko Inoue (section)

==Early life and education==

Inoue was born in [[Isa, Kagoshima]], and was fond of drawing since he was a child. During elementary and junior high school, Inoue joined the [[kendo]] and basketball clubs, becoming captain of the latter. In his third year at Kagoshima Prefectural Oguchi High School, Inoue took a summer course at an art preparatory school with the plan of enrolling into an art university, but such schools were too expensive so he ended up going to [[Kumamoto University]] near his hometown.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lehman |first=Timothy |title=Manga: Masters of the Art |date=2005 |publisher=Collins Design |isbn=978-0-06-083331-2 |location=New York |pages=81}}</ref> There he majored in literature. His submission to ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' caught the attention of editor Taizo Nakamura and, at the age of 20, Inoue dropped out of college to move to Tokyo and pursue a career as a manga artist.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-05-09|url=http://doraku.asahi.com/hito/runner2/100105_03.html|title=漫画家 井上雄彦（いのうえ・たけひこ）さん（3/3）|publisher=朝日新聞 DO楽|accessdate=2022-08-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328003503/http://doraku.asahi.com/hito/runner2/100105_03.html|archive-date=2010-03-28}}</ref>