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Hirohiko Araki is the mastermind behind the long-running series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. He was born on June 7, 1960 in Sendai, Japan. 

Araki has two younger sisters who are identical twins. He cites their annoyances to be the reason behind his interest in manga. His wife is named Asami and together, they have two children.

Araki's first manga was called "Poker Under Arms" and was a “Selected Work” in the Tezuka Awards, a semi-annual award for manga by the publisher Shueisha.

His most popular and successful manga is JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, that has sold over 100 million copies worldwide. It was featured in the magazine Weekly Shonen Jump.  It is set in 1880’s England, and is about Jonathan Joestar and his adopted brother, Dio Brando.

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