Hajime Isayama (諫山 創 , Isayama Hajime , born August 29, 1986) is a Japanese manga artist. His first series, Attack on Titan (2009–2021), became one of the best-selling manga series of all time with 140 million copies in circulation as of November 2023.
Isayama was born in Ōyama, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, which is now part of Hita. He was attding Hita Rinko Sior High School wh he began submitting manga works to contests.
After graduating, he matriculated in the manga design program of the arts departmt at Kyushu Designer Gaku. In 2006, he applied for the Magazine Grand Prix known as MGP promoted by Kodansha Ltd. and a short version of Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) was giv the Fine Work award.
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At age twty, he moved to Tokyo and worked at an Internet café in order to pursue a career in writing manga.
Originally, he offered his work to the Weekly Shōn Jump departmt at Shueisha, where he was advised to modify his style and story to be more suitable for Weekly Shōn Jump. He declined and decided instead to take it to the Weekly Shōn Magazine departmt at Kodansha Ltd.
In 2008, he applied for the 80th Weekly Shōn Magazine Freshman Manga Award, where his work Heart Break One was giv the Special couragemt Award. His other work, Orz, was chos as a selected work in the same contest the following year.
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In 2009, his first serial work, Attack on Titan, started in the monthly Bessatsu Shōn Magazine. It won the Shōn category of the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in 2011,
Attack on Titan is released in glish by Kodansha USA and has inspired five spin-off manga series, three light novel series, a televised anime adaptation, several visual novels and video games, and a two part live-action film. In November 2022, Isayama made his first-ever appearance in the United States at Anime NYC, an anime convtion in New York City. The resort Bungo Oyama Hibiki no Sato in his hometown of Ōyama, ran a free exhibit displaying copies of Isayama's manuscripts for the manga in 2013.
A special Attack on Titan evt was held in Hita on November 1, 2014, with Isayama and approximately 2, 500 spectators attding. The following day, Isayama gave a speech at the Patria Hita cultural hall and was named the Tourism Ambassador of Hita by the city's mayor Keisuke Harada.
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