
Keisuke Itagaki
Long before his fighters chased the title of strongest on Earth, Keisuke Itagaki chased it himself, serving in Japan’s elite 1st Airborne Brigade before turning to manga. His landmark martial arts series Baki, which began in 1991 with Baki the Grappler, marked its 35th anniversary in 2026 and has more than 100 million copies in print.
Meet Keisuke Itagaki



