Hidenori Kusaka (日下秀憲)

Hidenori Kusaka (Japanese: 日下秀憲 Kusaka Hidenori ) is the author of the Po ké mon Special manga.

Kusaka became successful with the Pokémon Special manga about the time it was released. It was immediately decided that English countries such as America should read this comic. Unlike The Electric Tale of Pikachu, there have been few alterations to the artwork to bring it to Western audiences. The manga has become famous in the United States and is one of the most widely known and translated Pokémon manga series worldwide.

In 2000, M ato caught a disease making her hand weak. She now couldn't illustrate for the manga due to her disease. Kusaka was afraid that this could jeopardize the manga and it would have to withdraw. However, he met a new illustrator, Satoshi Yamamoto, who was willing to illustrate for the future volumes.