Editing Takehiko Inoue (section)

==Career==
Before his debut, Inoue was an assistant to [[Tsukasa Hojo]] on ''[[City Hunter]]''. He made his debut in 1988, when {{nihongo4|''Purple Kaede''|楓パープル}} appeared in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' magazine. It won the 35th annual [[Tezuka Award]]. His first serialization was in 1989 with ''[[Chameleon Jail]]'', for which he was the illustrator of a story written by Kazuhiko Watanabe.

Inoue's first real fame came with his next manga, ''[[Slam Dunk (manga)|Slam Dunk]]'', about a basketball team from Shohoku High School. It was published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1990 to 1996 and has sold over 170 million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:6000万部突破、1年で約4倍 新刊18巻の書影初公開".|url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20170806-NBR2ARLGGJPVFAE7HELQDENTJE/4/|date=August 6, 2017|access-date=February 11, 2022|publisher=Sankei|language=ja}}</ref> In 1995 it received the 40th annual [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] for [[shōnen manga]] and in 2007 was declared Japan's favorite manga.<ref name="ShogakukanAward">{{cite web | url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html | script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 | publisher=Shogakukan | language=ja | access-date=10 August 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094941/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |archive-date=29 September 2007}}</ref> ''Slam Dunk'' was adapted into a 101 episode [[anime]] television series and four films. The manga's popularity caused a surge of interest in basketball among Japanese youth,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://triton.soc.rikkyo.ac.jp/~ronkore/final_rep.html| title = スポーツとメディアの関係性 (Relation between sports and media)| publisher = students of [[Rikkyo University]]| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060703084029/http://triton.soc.rikkyo.ac.jp/~ronkore/final_rep.html| archive-date = July 3, 2006}}</ref> leading to Inoue and his publisher [[Shueisha]] creating the ''Slam Dunk'' Scholarship program in 2006<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-10-03/first-slam-dunk-basketball-scholarship-awarded| title = First Slam Dunk Basketball Scholarship Awarded| publisher = Anime News Network| date= October 3, 2007| access-date = January 13, 2015}}</ref> and Inoue receiving commendation from the [[Japan Basketball Association]] for helping popularize basketball in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-06-09/japan-basketball-association-awards-slam-dunk-inoue|title=Japan Basketball Association Awards Slam Dunk's Inoue|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 9, 2010|access-date=June 17, 2013}}</ref>

Inoue launched ''[[Buzzer Beater (manga)|Buzzer Beater]]'' as an [[Webcomic|online comic]] in May 1996 on the Sports-i ESPN website (now [[J Sports]]).<ref name="ITplanning">{{cite web |title=Works |url=https://itplanning.co.jp/previous/workse.html |website=itplanning.co.jp |access-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200523232757/https://itplanning.co.jp/previous/workse.html |archive-date=May 23, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is about a basketball team from Earth that attempts to compete on the intergalactic level, it appears on his official website in four languages: Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean. ''Buzzer Beater'' was produced into a 13 episode anime series in 2005. In 2007, a second 13 episode series was produced. Both seasons were animated by [[TMS Entertainment]].

''[[Vagabond (manga)|Vagabond]]'' was Inoue's next manga, adapted from the fictionalized accounts by [[Eiji Yoshikawa]] of the samurai [[Miyamoto Musashi]], which he began drawing in 1998. The series won the [[Kodansha Manga Award]] for General manga in 2000<ref name="KodanshaHahn">{{cite web | url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml | author=Joel Hahn | title=Kodansha Manga Awards | work=Comic Book Awards Almanac | access-date=21 August 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031310/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 16 August 2007}}</ref> and the Grand Prize of the 6th [[Osamu Tezuka Culture Award]]s in 2002,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/tezuka02.shtml|title=2002 (6th) Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prizes|publisher=The Hahn Library|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230114541/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/tezuka02.shtml|archive-date=2007-12-30}}</ref> receiving his award alongside fellow [[mangaka]], [[Kentaro Miura]].<ref name="TezukaAward">{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/02b.html|script-title=ja:第6回 マンガ優秀賞 三浦建太郎 『ベルセルク』|trans-title=Sixth award for excellence in manga, Kentaro Miura's "Berserk"|publisher=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010|archive-date=October 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016081125/http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/02b.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

While still working on ''Vagabond'', Inoue began drawing ''[[Real (manga)|Real]]'' in 1999, his third basketball manga, which focuses on [[wheelchair basketball]]. It received an Excellence Prize at the 2001 [[Japan Media Arts Festival]]. Inoue also created character designs for the [[Xbox 360]] RPG, ''[[Lost Odyssey]]'', based on initial material provided by [[Hironobu Sakaguchi]].<ref>{{cite magazine | date=2006-09-15 | script-title=ja:坂口博信、本格発進!| magazine=[[Famitsu|Famitsu Weekly]] | issue=980| publisher=[[Enterbrain]] | language=ja}}</ref> Sakaguchi sought out Inoue for his talent of depicting "people" and his ability to "illustrate the internal emotions of a character" since the goal of the video game was to explain people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2008/02/14/lost-odyssey-post-release-interview|title=Lost Odyssey Post-Release Interview|website=[[IGN]]|date=2008-02-14|access-date=2016-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116170924/http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/02/14/lost-odyssey-post-release-interview|archive-date=2016-01-16|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2011, Inoue painted large images of the Buddhist leader [[Shinran]] on twelve [[folding screen]]s for display at the [[Hongan-ji|East Hongan Temple]] in [[Kyoto]]. The paintings include Shinran and [[Hōnen]] wading through water with a group of followers and an image Shinran with a bird.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-11-01/slam-dunk-takehiko-inoue-buddhist-folding-screen-on-display/.94784 |title=Slam Dunk's Takehiko Inoue's Buddhist Folding Screen on Display |last=Stimson |first=Eric |date=November 1, 2015 |website=animenewsnetwork.com |publisher=Anime News Network |access-date=May 18, 2023 |quote=}}</ref>

In 2013, Inoue published an illustrated travel memoir on the life and architecture of [[Antoni Gaudí]] titled ''[[Pepita: Takehiko Inoue Meets Gaudí]]'', detailing his thoughts and travels in [[Catalonia]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Pepita: Takehiko Inoue Meets Gaudi|last=Inoue|first=Takehiko|year=2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2013-04-09/east-meets-west-in-a-captivating-new-art-book-as-viz-media-releases-pepita/takehiko-inoue-meets-gaudi |title=East Meets West in a Captivating New Art Book as Viz Media Releases Pepita: Takehiko Inoue Meets Gaudí |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=April 9, 2013|website=animenewsnetwork.com |publisher=Anime News Network |access-date=November 1, 2022}}</ref>

In 2013, Takehiko Inoue was appointed by the Japanese Foreign Ministry to serve as an ambassador to celebrate Japan and Spain 400 years of goodwill until July 31, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Japanese Foreign Ministry Appoints "Slam Dunk" Manga Author as Japan-Spain Goodwill Ambassador|author=Mikikazu Komatsu|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2013/12/2/japanese-foreign-ministry-appoints-slam-dunk-manga-author-as-japan-spain-goodwill-ambassador}}</ref>

In 2022, Inoue made his directorial debut with the anime film adaptation of his ''Slam Dunk'' manga, titled ''[[The First Slam Dunk]]''. Inoue also wrote the screenplay and story for the film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=August 13, 2021 |title=Slam Dunk Manga Creator Takehiko Inoue Helms, Pens New Anime Film for Fall 2022 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-13/slam-dunk-manga-creator-takehiko-inoue-helms-pens-new-anime-film-for-fall-2022/.176209 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813121319/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-13/slam-dunk-manga-creator-takehiko-inoue-helms-pens-new-anime-film-for-fall-2022/.176209 |archive-date=August 13, 2021 |access-date=August 13, 2021 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> In 2024, he received the Best Director and Best Screenplay award for his work at the [[Tokyo Anime Award|Tokyo Anime Award Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Oshi no Ko, The First Slam Dunk Win TAAF's Top Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-08/oshi-no-ko-the-first-slam-dunk-win-taaf-top-awards/.207355|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 8, 2024|access-date=February 8, 2024|archive-date=February 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208145251/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-08/oshi-no-ko-the-first-slam-dunk-win-taaf-top-awards/.207355|url-status=live}}</ref>