Mikio Tachibana

Mikio Tachibana (立花 未来王, Tachibana Mikio) is a Japanese manga artist and a current member of Dynamic Productions. His real name is Mikio Hiruta (蛭田 未来雄, Hiruta Mikio) and he is the son of Go Nagai's other assistant, Mitsuru Hiruta. He was born in May 11, 1976 in the Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He became the assistant of Go Nagai in 1998 and made his professional debut in January, 2004 with the manga Yakitori Majin-kun for the magazine Comic Bom Bom of Kodansha. In 2005, he started using his current pen name, Mikio Tachibana. His latest works are Mazinger Otome Taisen, sequel to Mazinger Otome.