DiscobiographyThe son of a town council member in Fuchu, Aki District, Hiroshima, Kubo graduated from the local high school. In an interview, Kubo has stated that he entered a magazine's manga contest, and that although he did not win, one of the magazine's editors noticed his talent. They subsequently worked together on joint projects. Not long afterward, his first manga short, "Ultra Unholy Hearted Machine", was published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump Special in 1996. This was followed by two more shorts, and in 1999 his first serial, Zombiepowder., began in Weekly Shōnen Jump and ran for four volumes until 2000, when it was cancelled. According to the author's commentary in the cover leaf of the third tankōbon, Kubo was in a state of severe emotional trauma when he wrote it.
His next series,
Bleach, about a high school student who becomes a
shinigami and fights evil spirits, began running in the same magazine in 2001. Kubo initially expected the series' serialization to continue no longer than five years.
[citation needed] As of July 2009,
Bleach has reached
over 400 chapters, and an
anime adaptation began running in Japan in 2004. The manga was named a winner of the
Shogakukan Manga Award for its category in 2005. Kubo and Makoto Matsubara have co-authored two novelizations of the
Bleach series, which were published by Shueisha under their
Jump Books label. A
Bleach movie was released in Japan on December 16, 2006, followed by a
second movie on December 22, 2007. Kubo also appeared in the episode 112 of the Japanese radio program of
Bleach B-Station. In that program, Kubo was interviewed by
Masakazu Morita, voice actor of
Ichigo Kurosaki, the main character of
Bleach, and answered several questions from fans. On July 26, 2008, Kubo went to the United States for the first time and made an appearance at the
San Diego Comic-Con International.
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