Yukio Sawada

Yukio Sawada (Japanese: 沢田 ユキオ; real name 沢田 幸男) (born March 12, 1953 in the, , Japan) is a manga artist famously known for being Super Mario-kun 's (and the other related mangas) author. He appears in some panels of his mangas as the narrator or even a character of the story, mostly in special chapters about his experience as the "Mario manganaka", in which he is usually called「作者」(sakusha, "the author").

After studying engineering at Doshisha University and graduating, Sawada started his career in manga with one-shot mangas on . Nintendo then gave Wanpaku Comic the rights for a Mario manga serialization, with Sawada as the author and artist: Super Mario Bros. 2. However, after just two stories (based on Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels and Super Mario Bros. 3), the company shut down. In 1993, the Mario manga rights were passed to, under the name Super Mario-kun, written and drawn by Sawada.

Sawada is the father of two children and author of 57 Super Mario-kun volumes as well as two spin-offs based on the Wario franchise and Yoshi's New Island. He has also designed an Event Course in Super Mario Maker.

Trivia

 * When writing a story for Super Mario-kun, Sawada usually plays the game on which the story is based and gets help from his children in difficult levels.
 * Sawada's favorite character is Yoshi.