
Real name: TERASHIMA Kazuya (寺嶋 一弥)
Manga artists who influenced him were NAGAI Go, YAMAGAMI Tatsuhiko, AZUMA Hideo, TAMURA Shin, EGUCHI Hisashi and TAKAHASHI Rumiko. He also read shoujo manga that his older sister bought growing up, he took romcom elements from works of TADA Kaoru, YOSHI Masako and KURAMOCHI Fusako.
It is revealed that the author suffers from cerebrospinal fluid disease that stemmed from a car accident when he was 3 years old. This disease forced him to give up work due to heavy headache, neck and back pain.
He died in the hospital after days internalised, on October 6, 2020, due to cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia.
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HAGIWARA Kazushi, TOMIZAWA Jun and OKAZAKI Takeshi are his former assistants.
MIYASU Nonki, HATAJI Hideaki, KUROIWA Yoshihiro, SHIMIZU Toshimitsu and MIYAZAKI Maya were close friends of his.
HIRAI Kazumasa was a fan of Kimagure Orange Road and once sent a letter of appreciation to Matsumoto.