Kazuhiko Shimamoto(島本和彦Shimamoto Kazuhiko, born April 26, 1961 in Ikeda-cho (now Obihiro, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese mangaka. He attended college at the Osaka University of Arts in the fine arts department. While in college in 1982, he debuted in the February special issue of Shonen Sunday with Hissatsu no Denkousei. At this point he dropped out of college and devoted his energies to becoming a mangaka. His past assistants include Katsu Aki, Masaaki Fujihara, Eisaku Kubonouchi, Tetsuo Sanjou.