ONE was nominated for multiple awards for his first manga, One-Punch Man, which he began in 2009. He was also nominated and won the 62nd Shogakukan Manga Award in 2017 for Mob Psycho 100. Versus is his first work published with Kodansha, beginning serialization in 2022.
Kyoutarou Azuma is a manga author and illustrator whose most recent work is Versus. He is also known for a manga adaptation of King of Fighters.