, better known by his
pen name , is a Japanese
manga artist. Sakuishi has a wide variety of interests which include
baseball (he is a huge
Chunichi Dragons fan),
martial arts, MMA, and
music (he is a huge
Red Hot Chili Peppers fan). Each of these has become the basis for his most popular series (baseball in
Stopper Busujima, fighting in
Bakaichi, and music in
Beck). His series also often include character cameos from his past works; one of the newspaper reporters in
Beck is actually from
Stopper Busujima and so on. Additionally, he's a big fan of
Sangokushi (
Romance of the Three Kingdoms) with an altered version of that story appearing in
Beck written by "Christy Sakuishi". In
Beck he included many famous people in background crowds. These included many popular musicians, characters from
Happy Sangokushi and MMA legends
Royce Gracie and
Kazushi Sakuraba.