is a Japanese manga artist. He is also known by the name Joker Jun. In 1991 he replied to a recruitment ad for Toaplan. Along with some other staff Inoue was transferred to Gazelle before he left to join Cave, where he worked as character and graphic designer, sound producer, and a video game director. ESP Ra.De. was his first title as graphic director. He debuted as a manga artist in 2002, with his work . He is best known in the West for his manga Btooom!, which was serialized from 2009 to 2018.
Works Games Title Year Role(s) Dogyuun 1992 Knuckle Bash 1993 Batsugun 1993 Graphic DesignerPretty Soldier Sailor Moon1995Graphic DesignerAir Gallet1996Graphic Designer DoDonPachi1997 Designer ESP Ra.De.1998 Graphic Director, Sound Producer Guwange 1999 Character Design, Character Voice Progear 2001 Director, Character and Mechanic DesignDoDonPachi DaiOuJou2002Super Adviser Deathsmiles2007 Deathsmiles II 2008 Supervisor, Voice Cast DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou 2012
Films
The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) – yōkai designer [with Katsuya Terada and Hiromitsu Soma]
Manga Title Period Role(s) Chrono Crusade 2000–2002 Assistant (vol. 2–3, 5) Otogi Matsuri: Dark Offering 2002–2008 Story and Art Btooom! 2009–2018 Story and Art La Vie en Doll 2014–2016 Story and Art Batsugun - Truth Story Batsugun 2017 Story and Art Btooom! U-18 2018–2023 Original WorkKaijuu Jieitai: Task Force for Paranormal Disaster Management 2020–2024 Story and Art
Anime
Title Year Role(s) Btooom! 2012 Original work, End card illustration
References
External links
Junya Inoue at VGMdb's encyclopedia Junya Inoue at Media Arts Database