Creator of Bleach: Tite Kubo (久保 帯人)
Actual Name: Noriaki Kubo (久保 宣章)
Date of birth: 26th June 1977
Hometown: Hiroshima prefecture, Japan
Nationality: Japanese
Occupation: Manga artist
Works: Bleach, Ultra Unholy Hearted Machine, Zombie Powder
Tite Kubo was born in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan, on the 26th June 1977. His actual name is Noriaki Kubo, and Tite Kubo is his pen name. During his third year in high school, he wrote his very first manga, Zombie Powder. It was submitted to a magazine’s manga contest, and although he did not win, his talent was noticed by one of the magazine’s editors. Subsequently, they started working together on joint projects. He published his first manga short, Ultra Unholy Hearted Machine, in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump Special in 1996. In 1999, his first serial, Zombie Powder, began in Weekly Shonen Jump but was stopped at the fourth volume due to the lack of popularity.
His next creation, Bleach, was initially rejected by Weekly Shonen Jump for publication due to resemblance with Yu Yu Hakush, another popular manga by Yoshihiro Togashi. Back then, Bleach was only viewed by a controlled group of readers, and the chance of an official publication was low.
At that point of time, the rejection of his manga has very much discouraged Kubo. However, the encouragement by Akira Toriyama, the creator of the mega hit Dragonball series, has greatly inspired him to persevere. In 2001, Bleach was published in Weekly Shonen Jump, reaching over 300 chapters, with an anime adaptation started running in Japan in 2004. Bleach manga was named a winner of the Shogakukan Manga Award for its category in 2005. In 2006, the very first Bleach movie was released in Japan, following a second movie in the last quarter of 2007. Bleach is now a successful mega hit in both the manga and anime industry.
43 responses so far ↓
1 Lucas // Aug 5, 2008 at 11:04 pm
He looks like Uryu Ishida!
2 emofever // Sep 10, 2008 at 10:19 pm
a genius guy…bravo!!
3 Steve Lim // Sep 28, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Your perseverance do pay a price!! hope to see more anime from u!! thumbs up
4 keenan // Dec 10, 2008 at 5:35 am
nice he did a good job on this show its my fav anime way better than Yu Yu Hakush
5 old timer john xD // Dec 10, 2008 at 5:02 pm
well yeah. it’s really like yu yu hakusho…
6 Amber // Jan 10, 2009 at 4:00 am
he looks better in magazines
7 tintin // Jan 11, 2009 at 6:26 am
hands down to him…..he’s really great..
8 Tauri // Jan 18, 2009 at 2:39 am
He looks like Uryuu lol
9 saya kurosaki // Jan 19, 2009 at 7:52 pm
I <3 BLEACH so awsome, i hope he draws more manga…
10 Jessica // Jan 26, 2009 at 10:22 pm
wicked! thx for making bleach couldnt live without it! =P
11 roger e // Apr 1, 2009 at 3:05 am
Keep up the good work man. It’s one of the best anime so far…make every episode of it a suspense and exciting…dont make it boring as other anime does.
Show us the real power of Kisuke…and Aizen as well. We’re very excited about that. Bleach is number 1 in the philippines…make yourself proud…
12 roger e // Apr 1, 2009 at 3:08 am
Keep up the good work man. It’s one of the best anime so far…make every episode of it a suspense and exciting…dont make it boring as other anime does.
Show us the real power of Kisuke…and Aizen as well. We’re very excited about that. Bleach is number 1 in the Philippines…and i rally like it.
13 Deasy // Apr 21, 2009 at 4:58 am
Thanks for creating Bleach, so cool!!!,
once I watch the anime for the first time I can’t hardly wait to watch the next episodes, I got addicted man!
14 hasuke // Jun 10, 2009 at 3:43 am
BLEACH IS LKE SO ADDICTING…ITS STUCK TE ME 4 LIFE….ICHIGO IS SO AWESOME….N THE YU YU HAKUSHO ANIME DOESNT GET MY ATTENTION AT ALL..BLEACH IS WY COOLER W/ THE BLACK KIMONON ALL THAT…THANKS TITE KUBO….THIS IS THE BEST ANIME EVER….
TO THE AUTHOR: GOOD JOB W/ TE ANIME..U ROCK!!!!!!!! AWESOME JOB…U CAN END TE ANIME WENEVER U WANT BUT PLEESE DONT STOP TE MOVIES UR CREATING….FADE TE BLACK IS GONNA BE THE BEST ANIME MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!
ANYWAYS…THNX 4 UR AWESOME IDEA ABOUT SHINIGAMIS…UR THE BEST AUTHOR EVER….
15 Milly // Jun 28, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I really love bleach, ur doing an excellent job…. I really don’t c da comparison between bleach & yu yu hakusho but oh well… I like them both but bleach is by far better
16 Alice arashi // Sep 21, 2009 at 2:39 pm
dude bleach is mega awesome!!!!! I LOEV BLEACH!!!! WOO!!! u rock, tite kubo!!! u totally rock!!!
17 remodie // Oct 1, 2009 at 12:14 am
You rock kubo! your one of the artists who inspire to draw…
18 StaB // Oct 18, 2009 at 4:27 am
Bleach is my favorite anime, like Naruto, I wanna ask you if Ulquiorra will not appear again? Is my favorite caracter besides Ichigo
19 Danyah // Oct 19, 2009 at 4:01 pm
i L O V E bleach!
it’s the best anime Ever..
an ADDICTION!
so congratulations for this huge brain of urs<3
20 DarkestAngel // Dec 11, 2009 at 7:00 pm
I love Bleach…It’s a balance of funny, romance,and action!! Amazing!
21 Joe // Dec 16, 2009 at 3:58 pm
I love Bleach it is so awesome i am all about BLEACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
22 dipo // Dec 20, 2009 at 9:33 am
ILOVE BLEACH!!!!!!
Always.. I luph Ichi-nii., Ishida-kun., Shiro-kun.,Byakuya-nii samma., n Renji-niichan..
‘mou gamman bakka shiterannai yo iitai koto wa iwanakucha., kaerimichi yugure no basutei ochikonda senaka ni bye., bye.,bye kimi no..
Fhigting pose., misenakya oh oh..
Yume ni made mita you na sekai wa ., arasoi mo naku heiwa nichijou…………….’
23 Varz DaMa // Jan 7, 2010 at 4:10 pm
bleach is the best anime I have seen on t.v and I would like to know the name of the number one show, bleach, it’s website. thank you ^_^
24 emily // Feb 16, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Can you make toshiro and momo together please! there an amazing couple
25 Lia Comasiki // Mar 17, 2010 at 11:42 am
Bleach is AMAZING. Kind of only for the open-minded, but despite that i find it amusing and entertaining enough for me to keep buying the DVD’S. I LOVE KENNY!!!!!!!!!! I love the romance in Bleach between Orihime and Ichigo! But it is a little cliche. Karin and Toshiro are cute too. I hope Aizen dies a very painful death….but who doesn’t?
Kubo, your work is fantastic and your imagination seems limitless. An excellent series developed by a magnificent imagination!
26 travis // May 17, 2010 at 7:17 pm
you my friend are my master ……you might not know me but still i admire your work……i practiced day and night staying up for 10 to 12 hours every day trying to be as good as you……until i discovered my own way of drawing….thanks to you man….u ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
27 BLEACH // Jun 20, 2010 at 10:30 pm
BLEACH IS THE NUMBER ONE SHOW IN THE WORLD! I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE WITHOUT IT! BLEACH CHANGED MY ENTIRE LIFE BECAUSE ALL I CAN THINK OF IS IF ONLY IT WERE REAL. ALL ANIMES SUCKS COMPARED TO BLEACH INCLUDING “NARUTO” ! IT’S LESS OF A ACTION ANIME AND MORE OF A FUNNY AND WACK ONE!
TITE KUBO YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU HAVE A INCREDIBLE MIND AND ARE VERY GIFTED!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CREATING BLEACH!
I HOPE YOU ARE PROUD OF YOURSELF!!!!
P.S. : BEST ANIME ARTIST AND AUTHOR EVER TO BE BORN!!
28 jacky // Jul 10, 2010 at 4:36 pm
your very very very cool i luv bleach is ulquiorra come back to life? cause it would be nice to see him again but in the good side (WITH ORIHIME) lolz oky have a nice day *^_^*
29 Kelly // Aug 16, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Ok you’re an amazing writer and all but i have a question for you: in the Bleach movie, ‘The Diamond Dust Rebellion’, the question is raised of the impossibility of there being twin zanpaktou. The answer is assumed but still not given. Could you provide one??
By the way, I have all of your books and movies and I read manga online because how anxious I am! You are very cool
30 salute your shorts // Sep 6, 2010 at 6:00 am
To those who don’t like anime you are missing out on the chance of a lifetime do not pass it up.
31 drb // Oct 7, 2010 at 6:18 am
omg what happens now that ichigo lost his powers? or does he still have his hollow powers? oh so many questions. he has to still have his hollow powers or something has to happen, come on after he help capture aizen. it is so sad he has to say good bye to every one, i bet he still has his hollowfication. :/
32 Ichi-nii0102 // Jan 4, 2011 at 3:21 pm
I just want say arigatou to you Mr Tite Kubo for making such a OUTSTANDING piece manga and anime series, I only wish and hope that you’ll continue with the series!! Keep up your AMAZING work!!
33 travis // Jan 18, 2011 at 4:14 pm
still on it….and now my drawing skills have exceed my former skills by 10 fold…. thanks to u mr. kubo i can now finally say that i am ready to challenge you in drawing…… >:)…and i created my own manga called (NAGGON) …my number if you want to challenge me is 9548512817…ill be waiting mr. kubo…..
34 Remourse // Feb 3, 2011 at 7:08 am
Thanks for great manga/anime.
35 spidey // Feb 27, 2011 at 5:56 am
bleach is all about anime…. it rocks my world… i really love the concept of gotei 13 the 13 captains and vice – captain…wohhh!!their costumes is really perfect for their job — weeh as shinigamis or soul reaper!!!
keep it up…
36 netaji // Feb 28, 2011 at 11:58 am
my favourate animax is bleach it is started rocking india toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
37 Haru // Apr 15, 2011 at 8:28 pm
Words cannot express how incredible Bleach is! It is absolutely one of the best animes of all time and deserves every award it is given!
btw: Grimmjow is the best. He wasn’t killed in the Arrancar arc was he? Ichigo saved him from Noitora. Hopefully he will make an appearance later on. Plus, what about Neliel? Ichigo totally forgot about her when he left to fight Aizen! Inoue could completely heal the crack in her mask and return her to normal with her powers! Please bring them back!
38 chimaru33 // May 8, 2011 at 1:08 am
Wanted to say bleach is one of my favorite animes, I sometimes day dream of simillar stories, u bring it to lyfe. Thnx my dude.
39 straywolf // Jun 15, 2011 at 5:17 pm
bleach is the most epic anime in the world. nuff said right there if you ask me.
40 Gina // Aug 24, 2011 at 3:20 am
Wow… I know it seesms stupid. but Bleach has gotten through some tough times in life, so i decided that when I turn 18, I’m going to get a tattoo of the Bleach logo on my left arm. XD
41 Rick // Oct 5, 2011 at 12:43 am
Bleach is by Far the Best Anime ever, dethroning DBZ, NaroYawn and the likes! There is one anime that is still a second favorite which is “Death Note”, but those are two entirely different things.
I have a challenge for you… Can you beat the WORLD RECORD for tv seasons which is “The Simpsons” *23 seasons* with Bleach??? I Dare you to try and if you win… You’ll be the king and all of us will be there watching and buying all of it! It would also be nice if all the episodes and movies were in English too but that takes time for those lazy voice actors to catch up and all… LOL
42 Brandon // Oct 26, 2011 at 1:41 pm
BLEACH is the most epic legendary anime ever. But when are u going 2 show kisuke urahura’s bankai cuz its eating away at me.
43 Dale A. Koehn // Nov 8, 2011 at 1:48 pm
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