Hanakuma, Yusaku: - Yusaku Hanakuma is a Japanese illustrator and cartoonist, and was born in 1967 in Tokyo. He studied art at Chiyoda Art Technical College and the premier Setsu Mode Seminar in Tokyo. He is the winner of numerous manga awards, including the GARO Magazine Nagai Katsuichi Award and the 13th Annual Award for Excellence. Hanakuma is famous as a practioner of the heta uma style (literally, "Bad, but Good") of kinetic and grotesque illustration. He has released numerous hit titles in Japan, most of which feature his hapless characters AFRO and HAGE (baldie).