Yūichi Itakura

born February 15, 1982, is a Japanese mangaka and former assistant to Masashi Kishimoto. He also worked as an assistant on Takehiko Inoue's Real and Hideo Yamamoto's Ichi the Killer. Following his work on Naruto, he went on to moderate success, best known for the manga series Hand's, which was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2006 to 2007.

Works

 * Hand's pilot (2005, Akamaru Jump Summer)
 * Hand's (2006-2007, Weekly Shonen Jump)
 * Toumei Shounen (2008, Akamaru Jump Spring)