Shin Kibayashi

is a Japanese manga storywriter, novelist and screenwriter. Under the name Yuma Ando, he received the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for writing Kunimitsu no Matsuri. The pen name "Tadashi Agi" (亜樹 直) is shared with his sister . He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi Senior High School and Waseda University School of Economics & Political Science. Pen names Besides the main pen-name of "Tadashi Agi", Shin Kibayashi also goes by other pen names: Seimaru Amagi (天樹征丸 Amagi Seimaru) Yuma Ando (安童夕馬 Andō Yūma) Yuya Aoki (青樹佑夜 Aoki Yūya) Jōji Arimori (有森丈時 Arimori Jōji) Hiroaki Igano (伊賀大晃 Igano Hiroaki) Ryō Ryūmon (龍門諒 Ryūmon Ryō) S.K Works As Seimaru Amagi (1992–present, Kodansha), original idea; English translation: Kindaichi Case Files (2004–2008, Tokyopop) (2001–2005, Kodansha) (2002–2004, Kodansha); English translation: Remote (2004–2006, Tokyopop) (2014–2017, DeNA) (2016–ongoing, Shogakukan) (2021–ongoing, Kodansha)