Akito Takagi

Akito Takagi
Name	Akito Takagi
Kanji	高木 秋人
Romanji	Takagi Akito
Characteristics
Age	16
Gender	Male
Eyes	Black
Hair	Blonde
Profession
Occupation	Manga-Ka Writer
Stories	Detective Trap
Magazines	Jump
Personal Status
Marital Status	Will marry to Miyoshi Kaya
Relatives	Mom
Education	University
First Appearance
Manga Debut	1st Chapter
Voices

Akito Takagi (commonly called Shujin) is one of the two main protagonists of Bakuman. He is an aspiring mangaka who is very smart and gets the top grades in his school. Akito is classmates with Mashiro and when he discovers Moritaka's drawing ability he convinces him to write a manga with him when he discovers and tells Moritaka that the girl he likes (Miho Azuki) wants to be a voice actor for an anime.

Appearance

Akito is quite tall and skinny, he has longish blonde hair, brown eyes and wears glasses. He is quite often seen wearing a large pair of headphones around his neck

Personality

Akito is usually quite a happy and enthusiastic person, especially when it comes to manga. He gets along well with most people and is usually the one who does most of the talking for himself and Moritaka. He is very loyal and protective of his friends and he shows this when he punches someone who is insulting Moritaka and his art.

Relationships

Moritaka Mashiro

Moritaka and Akito start off not knowing each other that well but after Akito convinces Moritaka to write a manga with him they become best friends.

Kaya Miyoshi

Kaya is Akito's girlfriend and is also the best friend of Moritaka's girlfriend Miho Azuki. After they become boyfriend and girlfriend they are rarely seen without each other.

Akira Hattori

Mr Hattori is Akito and Moritaka's editor, he is tall and skinny and also very odd looking with very wide eyes and distinctive looking lips. He knows a lot about manga and he has been a key part of Akito and Moritaka's success so far. However in the most recent chapters he is forced to stop being Akito and Moritaka's editor because he has become the editor for One Piece.

Eiji Nizuma

Eiji is considered a high school genius and he is extremely good at writing and drawing manga. He could also be considered Akito and Moritaka's rival but when they meet, Eiji is very nice to them and tells them what an honor it is to meet them.

Working with Moritaka

Akito and Moritaka work very well together, they are both very determined and they almost always get along. Except for one time but that was more of a misunderstanding.

Akamaru Jump

In Akamaru Jump, Akito and Moritaka create a manga called Money And Intelligence. Money and Intelligence is a cult manga one-shot which involves people buying and selling other people's minds. The manga ended up being published and was highly praised.

The manga Takagi made Money and Intelligence

Breaking Up

During the school holidays Akito promises to think up a story for the Golden Future Cup while Moritaka practices his drawings. Akito gets writers block and decides to help Kaya with her ambition to become a famous writer. Moritaka thinks that Akito doesn't care about making manga anymore and decides to split up with him and do manga on his own. Akito didn't really want to split up with Moritaka so he goes to Mr Hattori and asks him what he should do. Hattori tells Akito to keep working on his stories and then in a couple of years to go to Moritaka and ask him if they want to work together again. Akito agrees with this idea but then a couple of days later he talks to Moritaka and they find out they they were both having the same idea for a manga and they get back together again.

Golden Future Cup

For the Golden Future Cup, Akito and Moritaka both came up with the idea to do a mystery manga. They end up deciding on a story called Detective Trap. The manga is about a con artist who works for the police to help catch criminals. Their manga was very successful and ended up winning.

Manga

Akito has helped create two successful mangas so far. The first one was Money and Intelligence which was a cult manga one-shot published in Akamaru Jump. Their second manga, Detective Trap, is a mystery manga which won the Golden Future Cup and has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump.