Tsukushi Akihito

Shigeya Suzuki, more commonly known under his pseudonym Tsukushi Akihito, is a Japanese illustrator, mangaka and designer from the Kanagawa Prefecture. He worked at Konami from 2000 to 2010 before becoming a freelance illustrator. During his time at Konami, he primarily worked in the animation and designing of the interface for titles such as Elebits, and the character design for Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero and the anime Fairy Musketeers.

After leaving Konami, Tsukushi began drawing manga, debuting in 2011 in with the doujinshi Star Strings Yori, and later on 2012, Takeshobo began serializing his manga Made in Abyss on their Web Comic Gamma website, which time later would receive an anime adaptation in 2017 covering the contents from volumes 1 through 3. Two compilation films, titled Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn and Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight were released on January 4, 2019 and January 18, 2019, respectively. A movie titled Made in Abyss Movie: Dawn of the Deep Soul was released in 2020 covering the contents of volumes 4 to 6.