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Naho Ooishi (オオイシナホ, Ooishinaho) is a Japanese manga illustrator who has created several Dragon Ball related works for Shueisha, starting in 2009.

BiographyEdit

Initially a dōjinshi artist working under the name Gichi, Naho Ooishi was hired by Shueisha in 2009 and debuted her career as an official manga artist under her real name.

Naho Ooishi's first involvement with the Dragon Ball series was making the manga adaptation of the 2008 special OVA Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!, which was released on March 21, 2009. In December 2010, the first chapter of her gag manga remake of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball SD, started its serialization in Saikyō Jump.

In summer 2011, Naho Ooishi wrote her first original storyline for the series: Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock, a spin-off scenario based on the Japanese-only arcade video game Dragon Ball Heroes, in which Bardock turns Super Saiyan for the first time. She also started Oh New Super Gadget Lovers, a team of super elite gadget news report crew called the Onyu Tokusentai (a parody of the Ginyu Force), in V-Jump in 2013. She also made "Battle of Gods SD", a special Dragon Ball SD chapter based on the introduction of the movie Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods and published in Saikyō Jump on March 4, 2013.

WorksEdit

GalleryEdit

A Kanzenban Guide-style cover made by Gichi

Cover of a dōjinshi made by Gichi

Cover art for a dōjinshi made by Gichi

A dōjinshi made by Gichi

A 2013 SD illustration of Bills facing SSG Goku, by Naho Ooishi

Naho Ooishi comments Battle of Gods (2013 V-Jump)

Naho Ooishi comments Battle of Gods (2013 V-Jump)

Autograph by Naho Ooishi (2009 V-Jump Card Festa, Osaka)

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