Kōhei Horikoshi (Horikoshi Kōhei, born November 20, 1986) is a Japanese manga artist known for creating the shōnen manga series Ōmagadoki Dōbutsuen and Barrage, both serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump. Horikoshi is a graduate of Nagoya University of Arts and a native of Aichi Prefecture.[1] He was assistant to Yasuki Tanaka, creator of Kagijin.