# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tsugumi-ohba
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:12:11.274Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tsugumi-ohba"
name: "Tsugumi Ohba"
slug: "tsugumi-ohba"
description: "Tsugumi Ohba  is the pen name of a Japanese manga writer, best known for authoring the Death Note manga series with illustrator Takeshi Obata from 2003 to 2006, which has 30 million collected volumes in circulation. The duo's second series, Bakuman (2008–2012), was also successful with 15 million in circulation. In 2014, Ohba collaborated with My Little Monster creator Robico for the one-shot \"Skip! Yamada-kun\". Another series with Obata, Platinum End, was serialized in the monthly Jump SQ from November 4, 2015, to January 4, 2021."
tagline: "Japanese manga writer"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.81
  momentum:             3.954714640198512
  historical:           23.29486266666667
  currentAttention:     21.97063688999173
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm2174097"
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    title: "오오바 츠구미"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tsugumi Oba"
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    title: "Ohba Tsugumi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tsugumi Oba"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump