What is Tite Kubo?
{{Infobox person | name = Tite Kubo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|6|26}} | birth_place = [[Fuchū, Hiroshima (town)|Fuchū]], Japan | known_for = ''[[Bleach (manga)|Bleach]]'' | occupation = [[Mangaka|Manga artist]], [[Characterization|character designer]] }} {{nihongo|'''Noriaki Kubo'''|久保 宣章|Kubo Noriaki|born June 26, 1977|}}, better known as '''Tite Kubo''', is a Japanese [[Mangaka|manga artist]] and [[Characterization|character designer]]. He is best known for creating the [[manga]] series ''[[Bleach (manga)|Bleach]]''. He has also created the series ''[[Zombiepowder.]]'' and ''[[Burn the Witch (manga)|Burn the Witch]]''. He first started writing for ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' in 1996. His first manga was ''[[Zombiepowder]]'', which he released through ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/28/entertainment/etw-kuboweb28|accessdate=September 28, 2023|title=Creator Tite Kubo surprised by 'Bleach' success|publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-date=April 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423115417/http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/28/entertainment/etw-kuboweb28|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> His most popular manga ''[[Bleach (manga)|Bleach]]'' was released in 2001. It would go on to have 698 chapters and ran in serialization from 2001 until 2016. It is one of the best-selling manga in history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20220702dog00m200033000c.html|accessdate=September 28, 2023|title=Bleach 千年血戦篇：キービジュアルに護廷十三隊の隊長陣、星十字騎士団集結 PVでユーハバッハのせりふも|publisher=Mantan Web (in Japanese)}}</ref> It won a [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|accessdate=September 28, 2023|title=小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者|publisher=[[Shogakukan]] (in Japanese)|archive-date=August 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805112042/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> It also had a very popular