Youn In-wan
South Korean manhwa writer (born 1976)
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Youn In-wan (Korean: 윤인완, born July 27, 1976) is a South Korean manhwa writer.[1]: 46 In Japan, he is known for his work Blade of the Phantom Master. Prior to that, he worked on the manhwa Island (아일랜드) with illustrator Yang Kyung-il. After the publication of the seventh and last volume of Island, he wrote a novel, The Island, in which he described the past of the characters in his manhwa. He has also been featured in the Korean weekly magazine Deja Vu (데자뷰).
| Youn In-wan | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 27, 1976 |
| Nationality | South Korean |
Notable works | Blade of the Phantom Master |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 윤인완 |
| Hanja | 尹仁完 |
| RR | Yun Inwan |
| MR | Yun Inwan |
He is known for adding comments at the end of every chapter in Blade of the Phantom Master. In omake style shorts, he is represented as being a lean bespectacled character who is a brash loud mouth, and who is often shown leading his quiet illustrator Yang around.
After the success of their one shot Akuma Bengoshi Kukabara (悪魔弁護士Kukabara; lit. 'Devil Advocate Kukabara'), they have begun to work on Defense Devil for the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday. Youn was a part time Japanese professor for the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies from 2011 to 2015, and started as a producer for company YLab in 2010.[2] It was reported in 2020 that Yoon will be the chief creative officer for Line Manga.[3]
Career
Korea
Youn debuted in 1996 with the manhwa series Bom (봄, Spring) in the Korean weekly magazine Deja Vu (데자뷰).[4]
Japan
Youn debuted in Japan in December, 1999 with The Fools in a Japanese youth magazine Weekly Young Sunday.[5] He serialized his work Blade of the Phantom Master from 2001 to 2007 at the magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X.[5]
