Fukuda, Shinta

福田真太

Fukuda serves as a primary supporting character in Bakuman and is the founder of Team Fukuda. After high school, he left home to work as an assistant to Eiji Niizuma on Crow, alongside Mashiro. Fukuda had previously secured an honorable mention in his attempt for the Tezuka Award and also placed seventh in the same issue of Akamaru Jump where Ashirogi's Money and Intelligence ran and took third place. Later, Fukuda competed against Ashirogi and Nakai in the Golden Future cup with his original manga, Kiyoshi Knight.
Subsequently, Fukuda successfully serializes Kiyoshi Knight, resigns from his position as Niizuma's assistant, and acquires a new assistant named Yasuoka. His editor is Yujiro. With the serialization of Kiyoshi Knight, Fukuda becomes an aspiring rival to Ashirogi, Eiji, and Nakai. Among these three, he is regarded as having the poorest drawings, although they apparently suit his stories. His artwork often borders on the grotesque.
Fukuda is impulsive and often appears driven by his emotional swings. He is highly competitive and enjoys the rivalry between himself, Ashirogi, Eiji, and Nakai. Along with all of this, he is also rather conceited, but ultimately remains a very good friend (and rival).

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