Manga artist Fujiko F. Fujio was born on December 1, 1933, in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture. He passed away on September 23, 1996. His real name was Fujimoto Hiroshi.
He loved drawing manga from a young age, and after being inspired by Tezuka Osamu's debut feature-length work, "Shin Takarajima," he decided to become a manga artist. While still a student, he submitted his manga to magazines with his friend Abiko Motoo, and made his debut in 1951 with "Tenshi no Tama-chan" in the Mainichi Elementary School Newspaper.
After graduating from high school, Fujimoto worked for a confectionery company for a time, but he never gave up on his dream. He went to meet Tezuka Osamu with Abiko, and this experience inspired Fujimoto to resume his career as a manga artist. The two officially teamed up and published their first serialized work, "Yomimanen Hyoryu," in 1953. It was around this time that he began using the pen name Fujiko Fujio, and in 1954 he moved to Tokyo and moved into Tokiwa-so. When Osamu Tezuka decided to move, he took over his apartment, and continued drawing manga there until 1961. Many manga artists, including Hiroo Terada, would later live in this apartment, and it would later come to be known as "Manga-so."

In 1963, Fujiko Fujio founded the animation production company Studio Zero with Shotaro Ishinomori and Jiro Yatsunoda. The following year, Obake no Q-taro began serialization in Shonen Sunday. Its humorous storyline, a departure from the previous serious fare, proved popular, and in 1965 an anime adaptation was decided upon. The first broadcast drew a viewership rating of over 30%, and the theme song "ObaQ Ondo" sold two million records, sparking an "ObaQ" boom throughout Japan. The manga's serialization ended in 1966, but continued calls for its revival continued, and it resumed in 1971 in a Shogakukan educational magazine. To coincide with this, the anime "New Obake no Q-taro" was broadcast on television.

However, it became difficult to match their drawing style and style, and from this point on, the two began drawing separate manga, while keeping the pen name Fujiko Fujio. Fujimoto's works, "Perman" began serialization in 1967, and "21emon" and "Umeboshi Denka" began serialization in 1968. By the time "Doraemon" began appearing in Shogakukan's school year magazine in 1969, Fujiko Fujio's name in the manga world had become firmly established.

After dissolving his partnership with Abiko in 1988, he changed his pen name to Fujiko F. Fujio and devoted his life to creating "Doraemon." He lost consciousness at work in 1996 and died of liver failure. His posthumous work, "Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Clockwork City Adventure," was completed by Fujiko Productions and released in 1997.

Posthumously, in November 2011, the Kawasaki City Fujiko F. Fujio Museum, showcasing his original drawings and related materials, opened. In 2013, the "Doraemon's 100 Secret Gadgets Exhibition" toured Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, and other cities, bringing together 100 life-size Doraemon figures and captivating fans both in Japan and abroad. In July of the same year, a "Fujiko F. Fujio Exhibition" was held at Tokyo Tower to commemorate his 80th anniversary. Furthermore, "Toranomon," the official mascot of the Toranomon Hills shopping complex, which opened in June 2014, was created in collaboration with Fujiko Productions.