Biografia

Known to be a snappy dresser and looks incredibly youthful for his age. According to Araki, the secret behind his youthful look is washing his face each day with tap water, not working before 10 a.m., and only working four days a week.

He cites Italian Renaissance art and Italian fashion (Versace and Moschino, the works of fashion illustrators Antonio Lopez and Tony Viramontes), and the French artist Paul Gauguin (an unusual but vibrant color scheme) as an influence on his art.

He spent all night working on a manga comic, "Buso Poker", and decided to take it to a Tokyo publisher. He submitted his manga to an editor of Shueisha Publishing. The editor highly criticized the art, but said that it might be good, and Araki was immediately told to fix it up for the Tezuka Awards in 5 days. The manga won the runner-up prize at the Tezuka Awards.

Is a big fan of rock music.

Growing up, Araki assumed that he lived in a house without any snacks. In reality, his sisters would often eat all the snacks located in the house before he got home from school. Even when there were three snacks, one for each of them, the sisters would usually eat them all and proceed to conceal all evidence of having done so. When these doings came to light, a fight would erupt; and an event of this sort might occur on a daily basis. Araki would often feel such a sense of exclusion and ill-will towards his sisters that at times he felt averse to going home. He found relief in spending time alone in his room, reading classic manga from the 1970s and his father's collection of art books, which Araki believes informed his motive for drawing manga.

Once, my mother caught the cold and told me; "Go to the local clinic and bring some cold medicine back for me." And so, I went. Once they called out my waiting number, the doctor ran out and said to me, "Come! Hirohiko-kin, take off your clothes, I'm going to give you a needle." What! The one with the cold isn't me! "You're lying." At the time, I was really mad. However, now that I think about it, the whole experience itself seems funny in hindsight. In fact, I feel that this story is a precious experience for me to becoming a top notch manga artist.

In my entire life, I've only seen a ghost once. It happened a few years ago when I traveled in England. I stayed in a hotel that used to be an old castle. It was only eight o'clock, but I was exhausted, so i want to bed early. A few minutes after I lay down, a woman came out through the slightly open bathroom door. I saw that there was blood on her wrist. The female ghost floated across the room. Standing beside my bed, she looked down at me with a blank expression. I thought to myself, "I'm seeing a ghost! I thought I had no psychic powers!" Then the next moment I thought, "I'm really sleepy... I don't want to deal with this right now." As if she knew what I was thinking, the ghost's expression turned to sadness, and she slowly disappeared.

A long, long time ago, people sat under the starry night sky and gathered round a fire, as they listened to an old man tell frightening tales. They listened intently and let their imaginations take them into the world he described. "Okay. That's enough for tonight." "We want to hear more. I'll give you this fruit if you tell us more." "I'll tell you tomorrow! Now, go to bed!" That's the kind of story I hope to tell, and keep on telling.

I constructed Part 4 (Diamond is Unbreakable) around the theme of mental and emotional weakness. The Stands were created by exaggerating the viewpoints of characters consumed by their own flaws.

JoJo is an ode to life and a celebration of humanity. Without help from machines or technology, the main characters face danger with their bodies as their only weapon. For me it's a principle. Indeed I think that science doesn't necessarily make men happier.