Tetsuo Hara

Tetsuo Hara is a manga artist whose professional career began in 1982 with Mad Fighter. After assisting Yoshihiro Takahashi, he won first prize in the 33rd Fresh Jump award for Super Challenger and made his Weekly Shonen Jump debut with Iron Don Quixote. His signature work, Hokuto no Ken, began in 1983, and his anime credits include original character design for Fist of the North Star and original creation of Fist of the Blue Sky.