Who wrote and illustrated the Splatoon manga?

Sankichi Hinodeya wrote and illustrated the Splatoon manga. The series adapts Nintendo’s game franchise into an action-comedy story centered on a team of Inklings competing in Turf Wars.

The manga began with a one-shot in CoroCoro before its serialization in Shogakukan’s CoroCoro Comic. Its central Blue Team includes Goggles, Headphones, Specs, and Bobble Hat, with Goggles serving as the energetic and often foolish protagonist. Their adventures turn the competitive mechanics of Splatoon into character-driven comedy and tournament stories.

Hinodeya is both the manga’s author and artist, so the answer is not merely a credit for illustration. The series was later localized in English by Viz Media. It also received a motion-comic adaptation released through CoroCoro’s YouTube channel.

Readers sometimes confuse this manga with other Splatoon comics, including Splatoon: Squid Kids Comedy Show, which was illustrated by Hideki Goto. Hinodeya’s series is the best-known manga adaptation and later continued with material associated with Splatoon 3: Splatlands.