Haganai
The first "Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai" manga series, written and illustrated by Itachi, has been published in Media Factory's "Monthly Comic Alive" magazine since its May 2010 issue, released on March 27, 2010. Additionally, the series has been collected in 14 "tankōbon" volumes. Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the first manga series in North America under the title "Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends".
Atsuya Okuda
Okuda has taught shakuhachi since 1985 but until releasing "The Sound of Zen" in 2002, he refused to record his playing. He believed that only live sound leads to an understanding of jinashi shakuhachi. 
As of 2005, Atsuya Okuda lives and teaches in Kokubunji, a suburb of Tokyo.