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Takao Aoki

Lead writer and illustrator behind the Bakuten Shoot Beyblade manga, the source material that Nelvana's Beyblade, Beyblade: V-Force and Beyblade: G-Revolution adapted for television. Aoki's other manga work leans toward toy and video-game tie-ins, including titles built around Zoids and a PlayStation 2 title called Bakufuu Slash! Kizna Arashi. He spent much of his career at the publisher Shogakukan and turned up at a BBA World Championships event in New York in 2004 to meet fans and sign autographs.

What to know

  • Credited as creator of the Bakuten Shoot Beyblade manga
  • Career largely spent at the publisher Shogakukan
  • Appeared at a BBA World Championships event held August 17, 2004 in Times Square, New York
  • His most recent manga at the time, X-Zone, ran four volumes released between August 22, 2007 and August 27, 2010

Worked on

  • Bakuten Shoot Beyblade
  • Suicide! Shonentai Zoids
  • Bakufuu Slash! Kizna Arashi
  • A War Story of Metal Walker
  • Mini-4WD Fighter V
  • X-Zone

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BeybladeBeyblade: V-ForceBeyblade: G-Revolution

Claims We Could Not Check

Attributed, not verified by us

  • Protagonist Tyson Granger's Japanese name, Kinomiya Takao, borrows Aoki's given name