Hideji Oda was born in 1962 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. After three years a design school he published his first manga in 1984 whilst working at the same time as a masseur. In the next seven years he created the popular manga serial Kakusan (Dispersion - 1995) followed by the predecessor to this title Coo no Sekai (Coo's World - 2000). His spiritual fantasy, Miyori no Mori (Miyori's Forest - 2005) was made into a high budget TV anime. He continues to live and work in Japan where he teaches manga at university.