Haruichi Furudate began his manga career when he was 25 years old with the one-shot “ Ousama Kid” (King Kid), which won an honorable mention for the 14th Jump Treasure Newcomer Manga Prize. His first series, Kiben Gakuha, Yotsuya Senpai no Kaidan (Philosophy School, Yotsuya Senpai’ s Ghost Stories), was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2010. In 2012, he began serializing Haikyu! ! in Weekly Shonen Jump, where it became his most popular work to date.