Around his adolescent years, Ken failed a entrance examination to Tokyo University, and applied for Film Survey instead, (these are speculated, as a matter of fact, that this is in which Ken had his idea for Love Hina). One of these days, he became far-famed as an illustrator featured within Comiket (short for funny Market, the comic convention bi-annually held inside Japan). He utilized a nom de plume Awa Mizuno - poor & unfortunate however good of hopes & dreams. Ken, however around college, so proceeded to win a Weekly Shonen magazine awards twice. His "A Kid's Game for One Summer" was awarded a sought after Fiftieth Shonen magazine Newcomer's Award before long when he graduated.

When the large hit with A.I. Love You, Ken finally made a grand success with his new manga, Love Hina. A series appeared around Shukan Shonen magazine & has been collected inside eleven volumes (by using xiv volumes around amount), which keep close at hand sold complete 6 million copies within Japan. Ken got added elements of his keep close at hand life lives to the story, & this was said to have caused an unique feeling to the manga especially for american readers, whose deficiency of familiarity sustaining Japanese culture mostly added to the outcome. A series, published withwithinside Us in 2002, was especially swell received in several overseas countries - Ken was surprised that possibly foreign readers encountered Love Hina to be "cute" & to their liking.

Ken is presently married & is currently working in his latest manga series, Negima: Magister Negi Magi, which has also been mass produced within to an anime series.

Manga Works

Itsudatte My Santa! A.I. Love You Love Hina Negima: Magister Negi Magi

Anime Works

Love Hina Negima: Magister Negi Magi Earth Defender Mao-chan (story, character designs)