Tetsuya Saruwatari

Tetsuya Saruwatari is a Japanese manga artist who worked as an assistant to Shinji Hiramatsu and Hiroshi Motomiya before making his solo debut with Umi no Senshi in Weekly Shounen Jump. He is credited as the original creator of anime including Riki-Oh: Toukatsu Jigoku, Dog Soldier, Shootfighter Tekken and Bounty Hunter: the Hard.