Kogino Chuuya

Kogino Chuuya (近木野中哉) is the pen name used by the artist of the Toaru Majutsu no Index manga, an adaptation of the Toaru Majutsu no Index light novels authored by Kamachi Kazuma.

Background
Chuuya seems as enigmatic as Kamachi himself, only using a as an avatar, and which he apparently owns himself. Moreover, his pen name is taken from the words "obsessed with Corgi!" (コギーに夢中や！).

He became the mangaka for Toaru Majutsu no Index in Gangan after the project already began, and was chosen after making a submission for the manga magazine. He lives in the, and enjoys going outside on his days off.

Art Style
In the earlier volumes of the manga the most apparent part of his artstyle is the use of real world locations for backgrounds, and then filtered for use in the manga. This later disappeared by volume 5 of the manga, where both the background and character art has been greatly improved.

Many parts of the anime adaptation of Toaru Majutsu no Index were taken from his illustrations of scenes in the manga, and later, after the anime has overtaken the manga, Chuuya took parts from the anime to enhance the manga's scenes.

Manga

 * Toaru Majutsu no Index (written by Kamachi Kazuma, serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan)

Trivia

 * He drinks 8 cups of coffee a day while working.
 * He has three assistance: Paul (ポール) (since vol.2), Kuro (黒) (since vol.3), and Mamei (豆衣) (since vol.7).
 * His favorite Italian food is.
 * He does not like squid ink pasta.
 * He has allergy to cats.
 * He sometimes dreams of reading a book.
 * His favorite French food is.
 * He is a resident of.
 * He stands up and draws manga recently due to back pains.
 * He prefers e-book for reading novels, but he prefers paperback for reading manga.