Changes: Hidekaz Himaruya

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Volume3SelfPortrait — A self-portrait included in the back flap of Hetalia Volume 3.

Hidekaz Himaruya (日丸屋秀和 Himaruya Hidekaz, born May 8, 1985, in Koriyama, Fukushima) is the creator of the series Hetalia: Axis Powers (originally titled Axis Powers Hetalia in the webcomic run).

Himaruya started the original Hetalia webcomic while he was attending Parsons School Of Design in New York City and continues the series in the present. He is currently an illustration major and makes posts about his day-to-day life on his blog the Bamboo Thicket, along with the latest character designs and sketches.

Besides Hetalia, his website Kitayume (which started on June 19, 2003) showcases his other manga projects and artwork. His latest series, Chibi-san Date, currently runs in the magazine Comic Birz by Gentosha Comics (which also published the printed versions of the Hetalia manga).

Himaruya lived in New York from late 2006 until some point in early 2009, when he moved back to Japan following the release of the Hetalia anime and his contract with Comic Birz.

Works

Hetalia: Axis Powers (Series: 2003–present)
Barjona Bombers (2004-?)
Chibi-san Date (2009-, serialized in Comic Birz)
Advance! Kitakou Broadcasting Club (2003-2004, 2007-?)

Discontinued Works

Bubutan
Live-A-Live (fancomic of the 1994 SNES game, 2004)
MoeKan (2006)
Shimojirou
Advance! Kitakou Broadcasting Club Pure (2004-2006)

Trivia

In the earlier days of the Kitayume site (2003-2007), he used the name Kazuyoshi Himaruya (日丸屋和良 Himaruya Kazuyoshi), which most notably appears in the credits of the Gakuen Hetalia demo.

Estonia's character design is based on his appearance, although his hair and eye color is different.

On his blog and update logs from the archived versions of Kitayume, Himaruya mentions that he is a fan of South Park and Happy Tree Friends. In some instances, he has referenced the song Let's Fighting Love (from the South Park episode Good Times With Weapons) by using the phrase and replacing "Fighting" with another word of his choice, such as: "Let's Flying Pan-ing Love" and "Let's Englanding Love".

He is also a fan of the horror visual novels Higurashi When They Cry and Umineko no Naku Koro ni by Ryukishi07, which coincidentally, both received animated adaptations by Studio DEEN.

Himaruya's hobbies (mentioned on the bio page at Kitayume) include photography, architecture, and collecting postcards.

The programs he uses to color and ink his artwork are: SAI Painter and Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.

He allows the usage of images from his site, show, and blog as long as no profit is involved, and encourages fans to create their own original characters, fan videos (MADs), or cosplay inspired by his works, though he actively discourages fans from copying CDs. Selling any of the downloadable site games for profit is also prohibited.
He's admitted to having a rather questionable naming sense, and encouraged the fans to call the gender flipped nations by whichever names they chose to.

External links

Kitayume Himaruya's homepage (Japanese only)
Bamboo Thicket Himaruya's art blog (Japanese only)
Bamboo Gallery Artwork gallery (Japanese only)

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+[[Image:Volume3SelfPortrait.png|thumb|right|A self-portrait included in the back flap of Hetalia Volume 3.]]
-'''Hidekaz Himaruya''' (日丸屋 秀和 ''Himaruya Hidekaz'', born May 8th, 1985, in Fukushima) is the creator of the series '''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'''.
+'''Hidekaz Himaruya''' (日丸屋 秀和 ''Himaruya Hidekaz'', born May 8, 1985, in Koriyama, Fukushima) is the creator of the series '''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (manga)|Hetalia: Axis Powers]]''' (originally titled ''Axis Powers Hetalia'' in the webcomic run).
-Himaruya started the original webcomic while he was attending college at [[wikipedia:Parsons_The_New_School_for_Design|Parsons School Of Design]] in New York City, with the storyline still going at the present time. He is currently an art design major and makes posts about his day-to-day life on his site blog, along with the latest character designs and sketches.
+Himaruya started the original ''Hetalia ''webcomic while he was attending [[wikipedia:Parsons The New School for Design|Parsons School Of Design]] in New York City and continues the series in the present. He is currently an illustration major and makes posts about his day-to-day life on his blog the [[Bamboo Thicket (blog)|Bamboo Thicket]], along with the latest character designs and sketches.
-Besides Hetalia, his website [[Kitayume]] also showcases his other manga projects and artwork. His latest series, '''Chibi-san Date''', currently runs in the magazine ''Comic Birz'' by [[Gentosha Comics]] (who also published the printed versions of the ''Hetalia'' manga).
+Besides Hetalia, his website [[Kitayume]] (which started on June 19, 2003) showcases his other manga projects and artwork. His latest series, '''Chibi-san Date''', currently runs in the magazine ''Comic Birz'' by [[Gentosha Comics]] (which also published the printed versions of the ''Hetalia'' manga).
-Himaruya had continued to live in New York up until some point in early 2009, when he moved back to Japan following the release of the ''Hetalia'' anime and his deal with ''Comic Birz''.
+Himaruya lived in New York from late 2006 until some point in early 2009, when he moved back to Japan following the release of the ''Hetalia'' anime and his contract with ''Comic Birz''.
 ==Works==
-*'''Axis Powers Hetalia/Hetalia: Axis Powers''' (Series: 2006-present)
+*'''Hetalia: Axis Powers''' (Series: 2003–present)
 *'''Barjona Bombers '''(2004-?)
 *'''Chibi-san Date '''(2009-, serialized in ''Comic Birz'')
-*'''Advance! Kitakou Broadcasting Club '''(2003-?)
+*'''Advance! Kitakou Broadcasting Club '''(2003-2004, 2007-?)
 ===Discontinued Works===
 *'''Bubutan'''
-*'''Live-A-Live''' (fancomic of the 1993 SNES game, 2004)
+*'''Live-A-Live''' (fancomic of the 1994 SNES game, 2004)
 *'''MoeKan''' (2006)
 *'''Shimojirou'''
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 ==Trivia==
-*In the earlier days of the ''Kitayume'' site (2003-2007), he used the name '''Kazuyoshi Himaruya''' (日丸屋 和良, ''Himaruya Kazuyoshi''), which most notably appears in the credits of the [[Gakuen Hetalia]] demo.
+*In the earlier days of the [[Kitayume]] site (2003-2007), he used the name '''Kazuyoshi Himaruya''' (日丸屋 和良 ''Himaruya Kazuyoshi''), which most notably appears in the credits of the [[Gakuen Hetalia]] demo.
-*On his blog and update logs from archived versions of Kitayume, Himaruya mentions that he's a fan of both ''South Park'' and ''Happy Tree Friends''. In some instances, he has referenced the song "Let's Fighting Love" (from the South Park episode "Good Times With Weapons") by using the phrase and replacing "Fighting" with another word of his choice, such as: "Let's Flying Pan-ing Love" and "Let's Englanding Love".
-*He is also a fan of the horror games ''Higurashi ''and ''Umineko''. Coincidentally, both games also received animated adaptations by Studio DEEN.
+*[[Estonia]]'s character design is based on his appearance, although his hair and eye color is different.
+*On his blog and update logs from the archived versions of Kitayume, Himaruya mentions that he is a fan of  [[wikipedia:South Park|South Park]] and [[wikipedia:Happy Tree Friends|Happy Tree Friends]]. In some instances, he has referenced the song [[wikipedia:Good Times with Weapons#Development|Let's Fighting Love]] (from the South Park episode [[wikipedia:Good Times with Weapons|Good Times With Weapons]]) by using the phrase and replacing "Fighting" with another word of his choice, such as: "Let's Flying Pan-ing Love" and "Let's Englanding Love".
+*He is also a fan of the horror visual novels [[wikipedia:Higurashi When They Cry|Higurashi When They Cry]] and [[wikipedia:Umineko no Naku Koro ni|Umineko no Naku Koro ni]] by [[wikipedia:Ryukishi07|Ryukishi07]], which coincidentally, both received animated adaptations by [[Studio DEEN]].
 *Himaruya's hobbies (mentioned on the bio page at Kitayume) include photography, architecture, and collecting postcards.
-*The programs he uses to color and ink his artwork are: SAI Painter and Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.
-*He allows the usage of images from his site and blog as long as no profit is involved, and encourages fans to create their own original characters, fan videos (MADs), or cosplay inspired by his works, though he actively discourages fans from copying CDs. Selling any of the downloadable site games for profit is also prohibited.
+*The programs he uses to color and ink his artwork are: [[wikipedia:SAI (software)|SAI Painter]] and [[wikipedia:Adobe Photoshop Elements|Adobe Photoshop Elements 6]].
-==External Links==
+*He allows the usage of images from his site, show, and blog as long as no profit is involved, and encourages fans to create their own original characters, fan videos (MADs), or cosplay inspired by his works, though he actively discourages fans from copying CDs. Selling any of the downloadable site games for profit is also prohibited.
+*He's admitted to having a rather questionable naming sense, and encouraged the fans to call the gender flipped nations by whichever names they chose to.
+==External links==
 *[http://www.geocities.jp/himaruya/ Kitayume] Himaruya's homepage (Japanese only)
 *[http://himaruya.blog61.fc2.com/ Bamboo Thicket] Himaruya's art blog (Japanese only)